Tamil Dalit Art and Identity
What to Do With the drum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11447557 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pavel Hons (0000-0003-0128-7288, Oriental Institute, Prague, Czech Republic, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 140-155 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South Asia Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0262-7280 • E-ISSN: 1741-3141 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0262728018767021 |
| OpenAlex | W2800678991 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 6 |
Based mainly on printed sources in Tamil, as well as interviews with Dalit activists, this article seeks to map current divergent attitudes of Dalits towards folklore and especially towards the drum. While most activists argue for the rejection of drumming as a symbol of oppression and untouchability, some try to use it as a means of mobilisation. Others speak in favour of the resignification of the instrument and its protection and preservation as a part of their cultural legacy, which they consider to be different from the mainstream. The article also sets out to correlate these attitudes with the ideology of the eradication of caste and points to the ensuing dilemmas connected with emphasising caste-based identities
Aesthetics · Art · Caste · Empowerment · Folklore · Identity (music · Ideology · Literature · Mainstream · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Symbol (formal · Tamil · Anthropology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Gender Studies · Law · South Asian Cinema and Culture · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |