Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-313) and index.
Contents:
Emplacement -- Intoxication -- "A gesture narrowly divides us from chaos" : gesture and word in trance time -- Working the spirits : the entranced body, the entranced word -- On the threshold of a dream -- The chellah gardens -- Money and the spirit -- In France with the Gnawa -- Narratives of epiphany : indexing global links -- Possessing Gnawa culture : displaying sound, creating history in Dar Gnawa -- Conclusion: The alchemy of the musical imagination.
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