Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 2018
Journal / Book Title
TDR: The Drama Review
Abstract
The imbrication of issues of nation, class, gender, and religion necessitates a critical revision of the so-called secular postcolonial modernity embraced by Indian nationalists, including musicologists. The life and struggle of Roshan Ara Begum—Pakistan's first and, to date, arguably greatest singer of classical music—is an instructive example of the complex intertwining of agency, resistance, and resignation in Muslim-identified Pakistan and Hindu-identified India.
Journal ISSN / Book ISBN
1531-4715
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Afzal-Khan, Fawzia, "Roshan Ara Begum: Performing Classical Music, Gender, and Muslim Nationalism in Pakistan" (2018). Department of English Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 65.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/english-facpubs/65
Published Citation
Afzal-Khan, Fawzia. "Roshan Ara Begum: Performing Classical Music, Gender, and Muslim Nationalism in Pakistan." TDR: The Drama Review, vol. 62 no. 4, 2018, p. 8-22. Project MUSE muse.jhu.edu/article/710642.