DeScriPtionTeradaYoshitaka, Professor Emeritus at the National Museum of Ethnology,Osaka, Japan began his journey with South Indian music with a rather simplequery.Why had Periya Me?l .am (the traditional musical genre featuring thena?gasvaram and the tavil), which is considered to be extremely important inthe religious and social life of South Indian Hindus, been neglected by bothIndian and non-Indian scholars?As he began his field research,Terada realizedthat the history of Periya Me?l .am is inextricably linked with the life of the masterof na?gasvaram,T.N. Rajarattinam Pillai (1989-1956).T.N. Rajarattinam Charisma, Caste Rivalry and the Contested Past in SouthIndian Music focuses on the influential artist’s life and work, illuminatingimportant aspects of caste-based relations in South Indian music. Backedby extensive field research and scholarship, this book is also a pioneeringethnographic account of Periya Me?l .am, its practitioners and the significantchanges in the genre that took place in the twentieth century.

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