LEADER 03536nam 22006975 450 001 9910768441503321 005 20240628134556.0 010 $a9783030830595 010 $a3030830594 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-83059-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000012038120 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6738525 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6738525 035 $a(OCoLC)1281961637 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-83059-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000012038120 100 $a20210930d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJeliya at the Crossroads $eLearning African Wisdom through an Embodied Practice /$fby Lisa Feder 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (264 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology,$x2946-4226 311 08$a9783030830588 311 08$a3030830586 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Sweetness in the Gambia -- 3. Moving with Gambians -- 4. Doing Time: The Balafon Workshops, United States -- 5. Direct Transmissions: Going with the Flow -- 6. At Home: Lessons in Respecting Time -- 7. Enchanting Cosmopolitan New York -- 8. Manding New York: Jeliya Bara Bang -- 9. Patronage: Becoming a Jatigi -- 10. Living "in between" Cultures -- 11. Paris 2015-2021.-12. Duniya: Weaving Pasts and Futures. 330 $aThis book describes the remarkable culture of jeliya, a musical and verbal art from the Manding region of West Africa. Using an embodied practice as her methodology, the author reveals how she and her music teachers live "in between" local and global cultures. Her journey spans 20 years of fieldwork presented through personal and intimate stories, first as a student of the balafon instrument, then as a patron of the music. Tensions build in both the music and in social relations that require resolutions, underscoring the differences between two world views. Through balafon lessons, the author embodies values such as patience, courage, and generosity, resulting in a transformative practice that leads her to better understand her position vis-à-vis that of her jeli teachers. Meanwhile, jeliya itself, despite having been transmitted from teacher to student for 800 years, is currently in peril. Jelis cite modern globalized culture and people like the author herself as both a source of the problem as well as the potential solution. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology,$x2946-4226 606 $aAnthropology and the arts 606 $aMusic 606 $aEthnology 606 $aPhilosophical anthropology 606 $aAnthropology 606 $aAnthropology of the Arts 606 $aMusic 606 $aEthnography 606 $aAnthropological Theory 615 0$aAnthropology and the arts. 615 0$aMusic. 615 0$aEthnology. 615 0$aPhilosophical anthropology. 615 0$aAnthropology. 615 14$aAnthropology of the Arts. 615 24$aMusic. 615 24$aEthnography. 615 24$aAnthropological Theory. 676 $a301.29663 676 $a781.629634 700 $aFeder$b Lisa$01457863 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910768441503321 996 $aJeliya at the crossroads$93658077 997 $aUNINA