Seize the dance! : BaAka musical life and the ethnography of performance

Seize the dance! : BaAka musical life and the ethnography of performance / Michelle Kisliuk.

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...

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Main Author: Kisliuk, Michelle Robin (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
Aka (African people) > Folklore.
Aka (African people) > Music.
Aka (African people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Dance > Anthropological aspects > Central African Republic.
Folklore > Performance > Central African Republic.
Aka (African people)
Dance > Anthropological aspects
Folklore > Performance
Aka
Musik
Tanz
CD
Zingen.
Dans.
Muziek.
Aka (volk)
Aka (peuple d'Afrique) > Musique.
Central African Republic
Danse > République centrafricaine.
Aka.
Folklore
Music
Music.
Musique.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Discography: page 233.
ISBN:9780195353501
0195353501
128076161X
9781280761614
9786610761616
6610761612
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed January 28, 2021).

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