Signs of the Spirit : Music and the Experience of Meaning in Ndau Ceremonial Life /

Show other versions (1)

"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,...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Perman, Tony, 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Spiritualism.
Spirit possession.
Rites and ceremonies.
Music, Influence of.
Drum > Performance.
Dance.
MUSIC / General
Spiritisme > Zimbabwe.
Possession par les esprits > Zimbabwe.
Musique > Influence > Zimbabwe.
Danse > Zimbabwe.
Rites et ceremonies > Zimbabwe.
Ndau (Peuple d'Afrique) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Ndau (Peuple d'Afrique) > Musique > Histoire et critique.
Spiritualism > Zimbabwe.
Spirit possession > Zimbabwe.
Music, Influence of > Zimbabwe.
Drum > Performance > Zimbabwe.
Dance > Zimbabwe.
Rites and ceremonies > Zimbabwe.
Ndau (African people) > Social life and customs.
Ndau (African people) > Music > History and criticism.
Zimbabwe.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

Similar Items