How Long to Read Sacred and Secular Musics

How Long Does it Take to Read Sacred and Secular Musics?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 12 minutes to read Sacred and Secular Musics by Virinder S. Kalra

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

How does the sacred/secular opposition explain itself in the context of musical production? This volume traces this binary as it frames Western Classical music and Indian Classical music in the 18th and 19th centuries, laying the ground for a contemporary exploration of what is ostensibly sacred music in South Asia. Offering a potent critique of musicological knowledge-making, Virinder S. Kalra explores examples of South Asian musics in various domains and traverses a new cartography of music in which the sacred and the secular overlap. Drawing on examples which include Qawwali, kirtan and popular devotional genres, Sacred and Secular Musics offers new empirical material, as well as new insights into conceptualising religion and music, and the ways in which music performs sacredness and secularity across the contested India-Pakistan border in the region of Punjab. Through its deconstruction of the sacred/secular opposition, Sacred and Secular Musics explores the relationship of religion and music to wider questions of religion and politics. Its postcolonial approach brings Asia into the Western sacred/secular opposition, and provides a set of analytical tools - a language and range of theories - to allow further exploration of non-western religious music.

How long is Sacred and Secular Musics?

Sacred and Secular Musics by Virinder S. Kalra is 251 pages long, and a total of 63,001 words.

This makes it 85% the length of the average book. It also has 77% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Sacred and Secular Musics Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 44 minutes to read Sacred and Secular Musics aloud.

What Reading Level is Sacred and Secular Musics?

Sacred and Secular Musics is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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