Journey of song : public life and morality in Cameroon /

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Explores ritual performance as an expression of competing social values.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Ignatowski, Clare A.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2006.
Collection:African expressive cultures.
Sujets:
Since 1960
Tupuri (African people) > Cameroon > Social life and customs.
Toupouri (Peuple d'Afrique) > Cameroun > Mœurs et coutumes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Social conditions
Cameroon > Social conditions > 1960-
Cameroun > Conditions sociales > 1960-
Cameroon
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • Maïtené's modern life : song as negotiation of public morality
  • "Better than family, better than girls" : the Tupuri Gurna Society
  • Defying the modern : play of identities in Gurna dance exhortation ([b, hooked][o]'ge f[o]g[e])
  • "Telephone of the dance" : circulation of Gurna song discourse
  • "Rise up, gather like storm clouds" : poetics of Gurna song (si[ng] gurna)
  • "I become your boy" : power, legitimacy and magic in song composition
  • Staging conflict through insult : competing systems of justice
  • Multipartyism and nostalgia for the unified past : discourses of democracy in Gurna politics
  • Conclusion.

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