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Signs of the spirit : music and the experience of meaning in Ndau ceremonial life /

"In 2005, Tony Perman attended a ceremony alongside the living and the dead. His visit to a Zimbabwe farm brought him into contact with the madhlozi, outsider spirits that Ndau people rely upon for guidance, protection, and their collective prosperity. Perman's encounters with the spirits,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Perman, Tony, 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: Music, Experience, Meaning.
  • Part I. Foundations.
  • Introduction: Finding Madhlozi in Chipinge
  • Moving Signs : The Experience of Affective Semiosis
  • Part II. Ceremony at Horus Farm
  • Late Afternoon : Madzviti and the Foundation of Interpretation
  • Evening : Zvipunha, Signs, and Transformative Experience
  • Overnight : Mhongo and the Effects of Performance
  • Early Morning : Zvaayungu and the Shaping of Ndau Modernity.