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Journey of song : public life and morality in Cameroon
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- Creator
- Clare A. Ignatowski
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2006]
- ©2006
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- Physical Details
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- xi, 223 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781282072602, 6612072601, 9786612072604, 9780253346469, 0253217946, 1282072609, 0253111595, 9780253217943, 0253346460, 9780253111593
- OCLC
- ocm74490235, ocm61278450, ocn476016248
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-220) and index.
- 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