East Indian Music in the West Indies: Tan-Singing, Chutney, and the Making of Indo-Caribbean Culture. By Peter Manuel. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000. 252 pp., with a Compact Disc. $89.50 (cloth); $29.95 (paper).

Abstract

List of Maps, Illustrations, and Musical Examples Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Development of Local-Classical Music 3. The 1960s to the Present: Efflorescence and Decline 4. Tradition, Innovation, and Identity in Tan-Singing Aesthetics 5. Style and Subgenre in Tan-Singing 6. The Chutney Phenomenon 7. Conclusion: Music and the Dynamics of a Diaspora Glossary Selections of the Compact Disc Selected Hindi Songs in Devnagari Script Notes Bibliography Discography of Local-Classical Music Index