Songs of the Bauls: Voices from the Margins as Transformative Infrastructures
Bauls, the rural minstrels who sing songs of transformation, are a socio-economically and politico-religiously marginalized cultural population from rural Bengal (both from eastern and north-eastern, India and from Bangladesh). They identify themselves outside of any organized religion or establishe...
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| description | Bauls, the rural minstrels who sing songs of transformation, are a socio-economically and politico-religiously marginalized cultural population from rural Bengal (both from eastern and north-eastern, India and from Bangladesh). They identify themselves outside of any organized religion or established caste system in India, and therefore are constituted at the margins of contemporary global South. Voicing through their songs and narratives of emancipation, they interrogate and criticize material and symbolic inequalities and injustices such as discrimination and intolerance (including class and caste hierarchies, and other forms of disparities) perpetuated by hegemonic authorities and religious institutions. Embracing a critical communication lens, this paper pays attention to material and discursive marginalization of Bauls and Fakirs, foregrounding voice as an anchor to communicative interrogation of structural and cultural inequalities. Through voice, Bauls and Fakirs foreground reflexive spiritual and humane practices that raise societal consciousness and cultivate polymorphic possibilities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2203be7b30874dcb978877f21a0985b22022-12-22T02:29:13ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442019-05-0110533510.3390/rel10050335rel10050335Songs of the Bauls: Voices from the Margins as Transformative InfrastructuresUttaran Dutta0Mohan Jyoti Dutta1The Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USASchool of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, Massey University, Palmerston North 4442, New ZealandBauls, the rural minstrels who sing songs of transformation, are a socio-economically and politico-religiously marginalized cultural population from rural Bengal (both from eastern and north-eastern, India and from Bangladesh). They identify themselves outside of any organized religion or established caste system in India, and therefore are constituted at the margins of contemporary global South. Voicing through their songs and narratives of emancipation, they interrogate and criticize material and symbolic inequalities and injustices such as discrimination and intolerance (including class and caste hierarchies, and other forms of disparities) perpetuated by hegemonic authorities and religious institutions. Embracing a critical communication lens, this paper pays attention to material and discursive marginalization of Bauls and Fakirs, foregrounding voice as an anchor to communicative interrogation of structural and cultural inequalities. Through voice, Bauls and Fakirs foreground reflexive spiritual and humane practices that raise societal consciousness and cultivate polymorphic possibilities.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/5/335BaulFakirBengalvoice |
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| title | Songs of the Bauls: Voices from the Margins as Transformative Infrastructures |
| title_full | Songs of the Bauls: Voices from the Margins as Transformative Infrastructures |
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| title_short | Songs of the Bauls: Voices from the Margins as Transformative Infrastructures |
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