03060nam 22006254a 450 991045758540332120200520144314.097866120726041-282-07260-90-253-11159-5(CKB)1000000000362367(EBL)273462(OCoLC)476016248(SSID)ssj0000186258(PQKBManifestationID)11166757(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000186258(PQKBWorkID)10217356(PQKB)11438170(MiAaPQ)EBC273462(OCoLC)74490235(MdBmJHUP)muse16906(Au-PeEL)EBL273462(CaPaEBR)ebr10141052(CaONFJC)MIL207260(EXLCZ)99100000000036236720050802d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrJourney of song[electronic resource] public life and morality in Cameroon /Clare A. IgnatowskiBloomington Indiana University Pressc20061 online resource (249 p.)African expressive culturesDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-21794-6 0-253-34646-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.During the long dry season, Tupuri men and women in northern Cameroon gather in gurna camps outside their villages to learn the songs that will be performed at widely attended celebrations to honor the year's dead. The gurna provides a space for them to join together in solidarity to care for their cattle, fatten their bodies, and share local stories. But why does the gurna remain meaningful in the modern nation-state of Cameroon? In Journey of Song, Clare A. Ignatowski explores the vitality of gurnaAfrican expressive cultures.Tupuri (African people)CameroonSocial life and customsCameroonSocial conditions1960-Electronic books.Tupuri (African people)Social life and customs.305.896/361Ignatowski Clare A967288MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457585403321Journey of song2195947UNINA