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Author Jankowsky, Richard C., author

Title Stambeli : music, trance, and alterity in Tunisia / Richard C. Jankowsky
Published Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Series Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
Notes Previously issued in print: 2010
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Spelling and Transliteration Introduction PART I Histories and Geographies of Encounter 1 Encountering the Other People Alterity, Possession, Ethnography 2 Displacement and Emplacement The Trans-Saharan Slave Trade and the Emergence of Stambēlī 3 Black Spirits White Saints Geographies of Encounter in the Stambēlī Pantheon PART II Musical Aesthetics and Ritual Dynamics 4 Voices of Ritual Authority Musicians, Instruments, and Vocality 5 Sounding the Spirits The Ritual Dynamics of Temporality, Modality, and Sonic Density 6 Trance, Healing, and the Bodily Experience From Individual Affliction to Collective Appeasement PART III Movements and Trajectories 7 Pilgrimage and Place Local Performances, Transnational Imaginaries 8 Stambēlī on stage (Re)presentations, Musical Cosmopolitanism, and the Public Sphere 9 Conclusion Music, Trance, and Alterity Epilogue (with Notes on Audio Examples) Notes
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Subject Stambali (Rite)
Black people -- Tunisia -- Rites and ceremonies
Spirit possession -- Tunisia
Music -- Tunisia -- History and criticism
Music -- Religious aspects.
Black people -- Rites and ceremonies
Music
Music -- Religious aspects
Spirit possession
Tunisia
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0226392201
9780226392202