Rhythms of the gods : the musical symbolics of power and authority in the Tibetan Buddhist Kingdom of Ladakh
This thesis is a cultural study of music in Ladakh ("Indian Tibet"). Drawing upon interdisciplinary theories in symbolic anthropology and musicology, the study stresses the primacy of symbolic action as a means of defining and controlling social reality, and proceeds to examine the relatio...
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City University London
1995
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319650 |