Embodying culture : gurus, disciples and tabla players

This dissertation is an ethnography about the men and women who take up the practice and performance of a Hindustani (North Indian) drum called tabla, as a way of life. Learning tabla means that percussionists must find a guru, a learned master of the tradition who will guide them in their life l...

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Main Author: Nuttall, Denise Irene
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/8602