This book proposes to uncover the geography of contemporary art of one of the largest metropolises of Asia Bombay/Mumbai. Through the study of the territorial transformations linked to the processes of globalization, it sheds light on the intimate relationship between the artistic district and a vast network of less visible workers.

How can a music signify without text ? Instead of having a definite perspective, the book reconstructs the debates that happened. It elaborates families of thought and integrates the problem of the performer. Thus it opens the way to a comparative analysis of the styles, in their relation to an anthropology.