| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 223 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
African expressive cultures
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African expressive cultures.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
Explores ritual performance as an expression of competing social values. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tupuri (African people) -- Cameroon -- Social life and customs.
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Tupuri (African people) |
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Cameroon. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Cameroon -- Social conditions -- 1960-
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1960- |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ignatowski, Clare A. Journey of song. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2006 0253346460 (DLC) 2005022441 (OCoLC)61278450 |
| ISBN |
0253111595 (electronic book) |
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9780253111593 (electronic book) |
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9780253346469 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0253346460 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780253217943 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0253217946 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0253346460 |
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0253217946 |
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