Ignatowski, Clare A.
Journey of song public life and morality in Cameroon / [electronic resource] : Clare A. Ignatowski. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006. - xi, 223 p., [20] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - African expressive cultures . - African expressive cultures. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-220) and index.
Introduction -- Ma�iten�e'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.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Tupuri (African people)--Social life and customs.--Cameroon
Cameroon--Social conditions--1960-
Electronic books.
HN819.A8 / I385 2006eb
305.896/361
Journey of song public life and morality in Cameroon / [electronic resource] : Clare A. Ignatowski. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006. - xi, 223 p., [20] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - African expressive cultures . - African expressive cultures. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-220) and index.
Introduction -- Ma�iten�e'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.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Tupuri (African people)--Social life and customs.--Cameroon
Cameroon--Social conditions--1960-
Electronic books.
HN819.A8 / I385 2006eb
305.896/361