Tamil Folk Music as Dalit Liberation Theology / Zoe C. Sherinian.

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Sherinian, Zoe C

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Ethnomusicology multimediaPublication details: Bloomingdon, IN : Indiana University Press, 2014.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780253005854
025300585X
1306152593
9781306152594

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Tamil Folk Music as Dalit Liberation Theology.DDC classification:

781.71 781.717940095482 22

LOC classification:

ML3151 .I4 S44 2012

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Contents:

Introduction : context and concepts : singing the Lord's prayer as freedom in a Tamil land -- How can the subaltern speak? Musical style, value, and the historical process of -- (Re)indigenization of Tamil Christian music -- Sharing the meal : a Dalit family's dialogue with the history of Tamil Christian music, 1850-1994 -- Paraṭṭai's theology : greeting God in the cēri -- Ethnography as transformative musical dialogue -- Reception and transformation from seminary to village -- Performing global Dalit consciousness.

Summary: Zoe C. Sherinian shows how Christian Dalits (once known as untouchables or outcastes) in southern India have employed music to protest social oppression and as a vehicle of liberation. Her focus is on the life and theology of a charismatic composer and leader, Reverend J. Theophilus Appavoo, who drew on Tamil folk music to create a distinctive form of indigenized Christian music. Appavoo composed songs and liturgy infused with messages linking Christian theology with critiques of social inequality. Sherinian traces the history of Christian music in India and introduces us to a community of Tam.

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Zoe C. Sherinian shows how Christian Dalits (once known as untouchables or outcastes) in southern India have employed music to protest social oppression and as a vehicle of liberation. Her focus is on the life and theology of a charismatic composer and leader, Reverend J. Theophilus Appavoo, who drew on Tamil folk music to create a distinctive form of indigenized Christian music. Appavoo composed songs and liturgy infused with messages linking Christian theology with critiques of social inequality. Sherinian traces the history of Christian music in India and introduces us to a community of Tam.