TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ignatowski,Clare A.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Journey of song: public life and morality in Cameroon 
T2  - African expressive cultures
AV  - HN819.A8 I385 2006eb
U1  - 305.896/361 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Tupuri (African people)
KW  - Cameroon
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1960-
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10141052
ER  -