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Author:

Ignatowski, Clare A.

Title:

Journey of song : public life and morality in Cameroon / Clare A. Ignatowski.

Publisher:

Indiana University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xi, 223 p., [20] p. of plates ; ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Tupuri (African people)--Cameroon--Social life and customs.
Cameroon--Social conditions--1960-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-220) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Ma©ten©♭'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.

Series:

African expressive cultures

ISBN:

9780253217943
0253217946 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780253346469
0253346460 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61278450

LCCN:

2005022441

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)