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OverviewAn icon of global Punjabi culture, the dhol drum inspires an unbridled love for the instrument far beyond its application to regional vernacular music. Yet the identities of dhol players within their local communities and the broadly conceived Punjabi nation remain obscure. Gibb Schreffler draws on two decades of research to investigate dhol's place among the cultural formations within Punjabi communities. Analyzing the identities of musicians, Schreffler illuminates concepts of musical performance, looks at how these concepts help create or articulate Punjabi social structure, and explores identity construction at the intersections of ethnicity, class, and nationality in Punjab and the diaspora. As he shows, understanding the identities of dhol players is an ethical necessity that acknowledges their place in Punjabi cultural history and helps to repair their representation. An engaging and rich ethnography, Dhol reveals a beloved instrumental form and the musical and social practices of its overlooked performers. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gibb SchrefflerPublisher: University of Illinois Press Imprint: University of Illinois Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm ISBN: 9780252086120ISBN 10: 0252086120 Pages: 274 Publication Date: 28 December 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Audiovisual Examples xi Note on Translation and Transliteration xiii Preface xv Introduction: Drumming to the Beat of a Different March 1 1 The Short End of the Stick: Strategies of Identification 35 2 Dhol Manifested: Body, Sound, and Structure 59 3 Asking Rude Questions: Dholi Ethnicity 92 4 A Portrait of a Dholi and His Community 128 5 Becoming and Being a Dholi 148 6 Dhol Players in a New World 172 7 Return to Punjab, Turning Punjab 193 Notes 217 Bibliography 229 Index 241ReviewsA 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 Recasting Folk in the Himalayas: Indian Music, Media, and Social Mobility Author InformationGibb Schreffler is an associate professor of music at Pomona College. He is the author of Boxing the Compass: A Century and a Half of Discourse about Sailors’ Chanties. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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