03027nam 22006134a 450 991078466480332120230207224133.097866120726041-282-07260-90-253-11159-5(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-Tupuri (African people)Social life and customs.305.896/361Ignatowski Clare A1502214MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784664803321Journey of song3729844UNINA