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Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006

1 online resource (xi, 223 p., [20] p. of plates) : ill., maps

ISBN 0253217946 (pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN 0253346460 (hbk. : alk. paper)

African expressive cultures

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

Introduction -- Maitene’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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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