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Recollecting from the past : musical practice and spirit possession on the east coast of Madagascar / Ron Emoff

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Author:
Emoff, Ron  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Music
Place:
Madagascar
Toamasina (Province)
Toamasina (Madagascar : Province)
Date:
2002
C2002
Contents:
Some background on Tamatave -- Spirit practices on the east coast -- Maresaka -- Material media of maresaka : the value in things -- Recollecting -- Power, resistance?, valses -- Clinton, Bush, and Hussein in Tamatave -- Style as iconicity of aesthetics -- Discourse on illness, healing, and abnormality -- Imagining Antandroy in Tamatave-ville -- Retour
Topic:
Folk music--History and criticism  Search this
Music  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Spirit possession  Search this
Ancestor worship  Search this
Religious life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_684017