From the Tanjore Court to the Madras Music Academy: A Social History of Music in South India
- Author: Subramanian, Lakshmi
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Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Music Comes to the City
- Chapter 2. Defining the Classical: The Nationalist Imperative
- Chapter 3. Consolidating the Classical: The Madras Music Academy and the Politics of Custodianship
- Chapter 4. On the Margins of the Classical: Law, Social Reform, and the Devadasis in the Madras Presidency
- Chapter 5. Contesting the Classical: The Tamil Isai Iyakkam and the Contest for Custodianship
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index.