ISBN:
0195117867
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9780195117868
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 241 p)
,
ill., map
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Seize the Dance! : BaAka Musical Life and the Ethnography of Performance
DDC:
390/.089/965
Keywords:
Folklore Performance
;
Aka (African people) Rites and ceremonies
;
Aka (African people) Music
;
Dance Anthropological aspects
;
Aka (African people) Folklore
;
Aka (African people) ; Folklore
;
Aka (African people) ; Music
;
Aka (African people) ; Rites and ceremonies
;
Dance ; Anthropological aspects ; Central African Republic ; Lombo
;
Folklore ; Performance ; Central African Republic ; Lombo
;
Lombo (Central African Republic) ; Social life and customs
;
Electronic books
;
Lombo (Central African Republic) Social life and customs
Abstract:
List of Musical Illustrations and Maps. Preface. Map of Region. Introduction: Yodeling for Alternatives: Some Background. 1. Bearings on PLace, Circumstance and Performance. 2. At Ndanga: "Life in an African Forest". 3. Seeking the Mother of Elamba. 4. Seizing the Dance; An Apprenticeship in Elanga's Camp. 5. "Taking" Mabo; Socioesthetic Detail. 6. Dingboku, Elamba, and the Politics of Gender. 7. The "Matter of God". 8. Continuations: Managing Missionaries and Modernity. Notes. Glossary. Appendix. Track Notes for CDs. References. Index
Description / Table of Contents:
Preliminaries; Preface; Contents; 1 Yodeling for Alternatives: An Introduction; 2 Bearings on Place Circumstance and Performance; 3 At Ndanga Life in an African Forest; 4 Seeking the Mother of Elamba; 5 Seizing the Dance An Apprenticeship in Elanga's Camp; 6 Taking Mabo Socioesthetic Detail; 7 Women's Dances Dingboku and Elamba The Politics of Gender; 8 The Matter of God; 9 Continuations Managing Missionaries and Modernity; Appendix; Notes; Glossary; Track Notes for Compact Disks; References; Selected Discography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-233) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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