Poets Song - Folk and Its Cultural Politics in South Asia

This book explores the 'folk' performance genre of Kobigaan, a dialogic song-theatre form in which performers verse-duel, in contemporary West Bengal in India and Bangladesh.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Note on Translation and Transliteration

1. Nomenclatures


2. The Travelling Archive


3. Afterlives


4. Past Continuous


5. Temporary Exhibits


6. Writing Sisterhood


7. Epilogue

Bibliography
Index

About the author

Priyanka Basu is a Lecturer in Performing Arts in the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King's College London, United Kingdom.

Product details

• Authors: Priyanka Basu, Priyanka (Project Curator of Two Centuries o Basu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032574561
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3257456-1
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: South Asian History and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Cultural Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic, Bengali, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Folk & traditional music, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), Literary studies: poetry and poets, Folk, Folkloric styles, Traditional and folk music, Non-Western music: traditional & "classical", Folk Theatre;Ethnography;Folk practices in South Asia