Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. INTRODUCTION: On Not Being Able to Learn Music 1
5. 1. “YAA NAGARI MEIN LAKH DARWAZA”: Musicophilia and the Lingua Musica in Mumbai 19
6. 2. MEHFIL (PERFORMANCE): The Spaces of Music 46
7. 3. DEEWAANA (THE MAD ONE): The Lover of Music 86
8. 4. TALEEM: Pedagogy and the Performing Subject 128
9. 5. NEARNESS AS DISTANCE, OR DISTANCE AS NEARNESS 162
10. Afterword 181
11. Glossary 199
12. Notes 205
13. Selected Bibliography 227
14. Index 235