| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 223 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
African expressive cultures |
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African expressive cultures.
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| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Tupuri (African people) -- Cameroon -- Social life and customs
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Cameroon -- Social conditions -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019147
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| Subject |
Cameroon
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0253111595 |
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9780253111593 |
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9780253346469 |
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0253346460 |
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9780253217943 |
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0253217946 |
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9786612072604 |
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6612072601 |
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1282072609 |
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9781282072602 |
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