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Journey of song

by Ignatowski, Clare A.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: African expressive cultures Published by : Indiana University Press, (Bloomington :) Physical details: xi, 223 p., [20] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Subject(s): Tupuri (African people) -- Cameroon -- Social life and customs. | Cameroon -- Social conditions -- 1960- | Electronic books.
Year: 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-220) and index.

Introduction -- Ma�iten�e'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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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