When “Unheard Sound” (Re)Sounds: Affective Listening, Ethical Affects, and Embodied Experience in Sikh Sabad Kīrtan
In Sikh religious practice, listening to sung sacred poetry (sabad kīrtan) is the chief means of worship and a central part of everyday life for Sikhs around the world. While it is the sacred-text (sabad) that is held as primary and inviolable, and music is regarded as secondary and flexible, it is the musical rendering of sabad that is the most widely practiced worship activity. In this dissertation I explore the combined role of sabad and music in the lived experience of congregants participating in sabad kīrtan. Based on ethnographic research, I propose that sabad kīrtan listening is a prim... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | etd |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
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eScholarship
University of California |
Schlagwörter: | Music / Cultural anthropology / Religion / Affective listening / Body sensorial knowledge / Multiple authenticities / North Indian music and kirtan / Sikh religious expression through song / Sounding spirituality and ethicality |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27275242 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1vx572rs |