Abstract:Musical instruments are integrated into the fabric of societies throughout the world and, like any number of objects, are adapted as they travel. In this article I place the oud (the eastern lute) in the context of a transformation that the late Arif Dirlik identified as ‘global modernity’, and analyze the career of the remarkable and hugely influential Iraqi musician Munir Bashir (1930–1997). I also use Bashir and his oud to nuance and extend aspects of the model set out by Dirlik which, for all its strengths… Show more
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