public life and morality in Cameroon Ignatowski, Clare A. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. inu Bloomington Indiana University Press c2006 2006 monographic eng

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xi, 223 p., [20] p. of plates : ill., maps. 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. Clare A. Ignatowski. Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-220) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. f-cm--- Tupuri (African people) Cameroon Social life and customs Cameroon Social conditions 1960- HN819.A8 I385 2006eb 305.896/361 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10141052 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10141052 CaPaEBR 050802 ebr10141052