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Genre
Anthropology, Casteism, History, Colonization, Music, Gender, Sexuality
Theme
The author uncovers the dalliance between Caste, specifically the Devadasi culture, and the rising Brahminical Patriarchy in India. He also navigate the cultural reforms MS had to undergo in order to be center-stage in a Brahmin-dominant world.
Gist
The biography provides a comprehensive information hitherto unknown about the evolution of the genre of Carnatic music in Southern India as well as the social impact on the revolutionary scene with women moving to centre stage as well as the linguistic biases accompanying the development. Importantly the narrow minded parochial sentiments of the yester year has been brought out very vividly with the gender bias against women participating in cultural events and also the stigma attached to career in movies.
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