حرکات بانگرا: از لودیانه تا لندن و فراتر از آن

"Bhangra is commonly understood as the hybrid music produced in Britain by British Asian music producers through mixing Panjabi folk melodies with western pop and black dance rhythms. This is derived from a Punjabi harvest dance of the same name. This book looks at Bhangra's global flows from one of its originary sites, the Indian subcontinent, to contribute to the understanding of emerging South Asian cultural practices such as Bhangra or Bollywood in multi-ethnic societies. It seeks to trace Bhangra's moves from Punjab and its 'return back' to look at the forces that initiate and regulate global flows of local texts and to ask how their producers and consumers redirect them to produce new definitions of culture, identity and nation. The critical importance of this book lies in understanding the difference between the present globalizing wave and previous trans-local movements. Gera Roy contrasts the frames of cultural imperialism with those of cultural invasion to show how Indian cultures have constantly reinvented themselves by cross-pollinating with 'invading' cultures such as Hellenic, Persian, Arabic and many others in the past. By looking at Bhangra's flows to and from India, the book revises the relation between culture, space and identity and challenges boundaries. It weighs both the uses and costs of visibility provided by global networks to marginalized groups in diverse localities and explores whether collaborations between Bhangra practitioners, largely of working class origin, give ordinary people any control over the circulation of culture in the global village. Finally, the book considers whether cultural practices can alter hierarchies and power structures in the real world."--Provided by publisher Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables General Editor’s Preface Acknowledgements 1 Flows across the Chenab 2 No Mixing Please! We are Indian 3 Mann Panjab De: Fabricating Authenticity 4 Naqqal, Mimicry and the Signifying Monkey 5 Global Bazaar, Local Peddlers 6 Desi Networks 7 Cool Guys, Desi Boyz and Panjabi Munde Dance the Bhangra 8 Performing the Panjabi Body 9 Bhangra Nation 10 Who Speaks for the Jat?: Vernacular Cosmopolitanisms Appendix 1 Music Survey Conducted Between 2000 and 2006 Appendix 2 Excerpt from Marketing Study on Panjabi Music Conducted by Darshpreet Mann Appendix 3 Glossary Appendix 4 Incorrect and Correct Transcriptions of “Mundian To Bach Ke” Lyrics Bibliography Index "Bhangra is commonly understood as the hybird music produced in Britain by British Asian music producers through mixing Panjabi folk melodies with western pop and black dance rhythms. The book looks at Bhangra's global flows from one of its originary sites, the Indian subcontinent, to contribute to the understanding of emerging South Asian cultural practices such as Bhangra or Bollywood in multi-ethnic societies." ... [book cover]