{"product_id":"the-poets-song-priyanka-basu-9780367903138","title":"The Poet's Song: 'Folk' and its Cultural Politics in South Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the 'folk' performance genre of \u003cem\u003eKobigaan\u003c\/em\u003e, a dialogic song-theatre form in which performers verse-duel in contemporary West Bengal in India and Bangladesh. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book shows how the genre, thought to be a nearly extinct form, is still prevalent in the region. The author shows how, like many other 'folk' practices in South and South-East Asia, the content and format of this genre has undergone vital changes, thus raising questions of authenticity, patronage, and cultural politics. She captures live performances of \u003ci\u003eKobigaan \u003c\/i\u003ethrough ethnographies spread across borders-from village rituals to urban festivals, and from Bengali cinema to television and new media. While understanding \u003ci\u003eKobigaan \u003c\/i\u003efrom the practitioners' points of view, this book also explores the crucial issues of gender, marginalisation, and representation that are true of any performance genre. Drawing on case studies, it underlines the issues of artistic agency, empowerment, cultural labour and heritage, rituals, authenticity, creative industries, media, gender, and identity politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart of the South Asian History and Culture series, this book is a major intervention in South Asian folklore and performance studies. It also expands into the larger disciplines of literature, social and cultural movements in South Asia, ethnomusicology, and the politics of performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Priyanka Basu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 036790313X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367903138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge Chapman \u0026amp; Hall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d","brand":"Priyanka Basu","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44566869311743,"sku":"9780367903138","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3792f911-00ce-4228-a380-1d868a2a7ac4.jpg?v=1701374813","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-poets-song-priyanka-basu-9780367903138","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}