Dan Ge Performance: Masks and Music in Contemporary Côte d'Ivoire (African Expressive Cultures) - Tapa blanda

Reed, Daniel B.

 
9780253216120: Dan Ge Performance: Masks and Music in Contemporary Côte d'Ivoire (African Expressive Cultures)
Tapa blanda
ISBN 10: 0253216125 ISBN 13: 9780253216120
Editorial: Indiana University Press, 2003

Sinopsis

Ge, formerly translated as "mask" or "masquerade," appears among the Dan people of Côte d'Ivoire as a dancing and musical embodiment of their social ideals and religious beliefs. In Dan Ge Performance, Daniel B. Reed sets out to discover what resides at the core of Ge. He finds that Ge is defined as part of a religious system, a form of entertainment, an industry, a political tool, an instrument of justice, and a form of resistance-and it can take on multiple roles simultaneously. He sees genu (pl.) dancing the latest dance steps, co-opting popular music, and acting in concert with Ivorian authorities to combat sorcery. Not only are the bounds of traditional performance stretched, but Ge performance becomes a strategy for helping the Dan to establish individual and community identity in a world that is becoming more religiously and ethnically diverse. Readers interested in all aspects of expressive culture in West Africa will find fascinating material in this rich and penetrating book.

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Acerca del autor

Daniel B. Reed is Director of the Archives of Traditional Music and Assistant Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is co-author (with Gloria Gibson) of the CD-ROM Music and Culture in West Africa: The Straus Expedition (Indiana University Press).

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Editorial
Indiana University Press
Año de publicación
2003
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0253216125
ISBN 13 
9780253216120
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
236
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
no disponible

Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9780253342706: Dan Ge Performance: Masks and Music in Contemporary Côte d'Ivoire (African Expressive Cultures)

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0253342708 ISBN 13:  9780253342706
Editorial: Indiana University Press, 2003
Tapa dura