Revisiting Cultural Theory Through Baiga Dance-Songs

dc.contributor.authorRaj, Prithvi
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-21T10:55:50Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-14T07:55:30Z
dc.date.available2024-01-21T10:55:50Z
dc.date.available2024-08-14T07:55:30Z
dc.date.issued2023-09-16T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractCultural theory is assumed to be a tool or set of ideas to explain, interpret or analyse cultures or cultural realities. The realisation of embracing and internalising theory as a kind of transcendental signifier, within and beyond our undertaking at the same time, fixes our attention on the validity and prevalence that theory has gained in academic circles. Its ubiquity is perhaps its strength, which sustains it and makes it indispensable across disciples. However, theory has its own internal functioning, often stopping it from achieving the desired results. There is a constant need to weigh theories before we use them as tools to analyse something. The central concern of this article is to interrogate the validity and legitimacy of cultural theory to deal with problems arising in contextualising cultural theories to frame Baiga dance-songs and consequent issues arising out of it. The article points out an inherent discrepancy in cultural theory through Biaga dance-songs. � 2023 South Asian University.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/23938617231163981
dc.identifier.issn23938617
dc.identifier.urihttp://10.2.3.109/handle/32116/4408
dc.identifier.urlhttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23938617231163981
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSage Publications India Pvt. Ltden_US
dc.subjectBaiga cultureen_US
dc.subjectBaiga dance-songsen_US
dc.subjectcultural theoryen_US
dc.subjectfolk cultureen_US
dc.subjectmaterial culture studiesen_US
dc.subjecttheory and Indian cultureen_US
dc.subjecttribal cultureen_US
dc.titleRevisiting Cultural Theory Through Baiga Dance-Songsen_US
dc.title.journalSociety and Culture in South Asiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.type.accesstypeClosed Accessen_US

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