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OCLC number
757558567
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Author
Hemani, Shumaila.
Title
Representing Pakistan through folk music and dance
Degree
M.A. -- University of Alberta, 2011
Publisher
Edmonton, Alta. : University of Alberta, 2011.
Description
1 online resource
Notes
Title from PDF file main screen (viewed Oct. 18, 2011).
A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in ethnomusicology, Dept. of Music, University of Alberta, Edmonton, fall 2011.
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Abstract
Folk music is a site of contestation to define national culture and language amongst the cultural elites in Pakistan. The elites who established cultural institutions for the promotion of folk music represented Pakistan either as a cultural unit with Islam and the Urdu language as its unifying bond, or resisted this position by considering Pakistan as a culturally diverse unit, in which national culture could emerge only through a synthesis of regional cultures and not through the imposition of a single culture and language. I apply Pierre Bourdieu's theory of practice to situate my informants within the policies of three institutions: national media, Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) and Lok Virsa, in the period between 1965 and 1985. This period covers three major political regimes, when my informants participated in establishing and maintain cultural institutions that were revived after 9/11 to showcase Pakistan in the international community.
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Subject
Folk music Political aspects Pakistan Pāṭa History 20th century.
Folk dancing Political aspects Pakistan Pāṭa History 20th century.
Islam and culture Pakistan Pāṭa History 20th century.
Mass media Political aspects Pakistan Pāṭa History 20th century.
Pakistan Cultural policy History 20th century.
Pakistan Languages Political aspects.
Pākistān Langues Aspect politique.