{"product_id":"dhol-9780252044076","title":"Dhol","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Highly recommended.\" --\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Written with great intimacy and compassion, \u003ci\u003eDhol: Drummers, Identities, and Modern Punjab\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of the aspirations and negotiations of those who love the dhol and live the life of a dholi. . . . The book is also a welcome addition to a burgeoning body of work that seeks to reexamine the abundance of drumming traditions in South Asia on its own terms.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal of Folklore Research Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A compassionately written and deeply researched ethnography and historiography of dhol playing in Punjab as well as the Punjabi diaspora in North American and the United Kingdom. It paves new ground in assessing the mutual interaction between these distinct populations while demonstrating the challenges that face dhol-playing communities due to neoliberalism, cultural nationalism, and the growth and financial clout of the Punjabi diaspora.\"--Stefan Fiol, author of \u003ci\u003eRecasting Folk in the Himalayas: Indian Music, Media, and Social Mobility\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures ix\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Audiovisual Examples xi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote on Translation and Transliteration xiii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Drumming to the Beat of a Different March 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The Short End of the Stick: Strategies of Identification 35\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Dhol Manifested: Body, Sound, and Structure 59\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Asking Rude Questions: Dholi Ethnicity 92\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 A Portrait of a Dholi and His Community 128\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Becoming and Being a Dholi 148\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Dhol Players in a New World 172\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Return to Punjab, Turning Punjab 193\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes 217\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography 229\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex 241\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400453792087,"sku":"9780252044076","price":77.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252044076.jpg?v=1730470718","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dhol-9780252044076","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}