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- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Book Title
- Seize the Dance!
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- 0 lbs
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- Book
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- ISBN
- 9780195144048
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
019514404X
ISBN-13
9780195144048
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2309304921
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
356 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Seize the Dance! : Baaka Musical Life and the Ethnography of Performance
Subject
History & Criticism, General
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Music
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
Reviews
"I found this work to be tremendously exhilarating, precisely because it provides such a clear window on another culture, and on the entire process by which 'we' and 'they' mutually construct our identities in the modern world."--Scott DeVeaux, University of Virginia"In my view, the book offers a terrific amount of new ethnographic material on 'pygmy' culture. It is a wonderful example of a new type of ethnographic research that is very significant for musical studies."--David Locke, Tufts University"The writing strategy is such that [readers are] realistically led through Kisliuk's fieldwork, and we learn about the BaAka slowly, as she does....Kisliuk succeeds in presenting the BaAka people she met as real, complex, multifaceted individuals."--Thomas Turino, University of Illinois, Michelle Kisluik's book is a stimulating piece of work. The notion of a performance ethonography attempted here is extremely useful ... this book will be widely ready by thnomusicologists ... indeed its dramatic authorial presence makes it a more provocative teaching source than many another self-effacing ethnography ... ethnomusicologist Michelle Kisliuk has written a book of considerable strength and interest ... Many readers will, I suspect, find Kisliuk's extended discussion of Christian missionary impact particularly stimulating., "In my view, the book offers a terrific amount of new ethnographic material on 'pygmy' culture. It is a wonderful example of a new type of ethnographic research that is very significant for musical studies."--David Locke, Tufts University, List of Musical Illustrations and Maps Preface Map of Region Introduction: Yodeling for Alternatives: Some Background 1. Bearings on PLace, Circumstance and Performance 2. At Ndanga: "Life in an African Forest" 3. Seeking the Mother of Elamba 4. Seizing the Dance; An Apprenticeship in Elanga's Camp 5. "Taking" Mabo; Socioesthetic Detail 6. Dingboku, Elamba, and the Politics of Gender 7. The "Matter of God" 8. Continuations: Managing Missionaries and Modernity Notes Glossary Appendix Track Notes for CDs References Index, "The writing strategy is such that [readers are] realistically led through Kisliuk's fieldwork, and we learn about the BaAka slowly, as she does....Kisliuk succeeds in presenting the BaAka people she met as real, complex, multifaceted individuals."--Thomas Turino, University of Illinois, "Seize the Dance has much to recommend it. It is instructive and well-documented, written in a clear, readable style." African Studies Review, "Seize the Dance has much to recommend it. It is instructive andwell-documented, written in a clear, readable style." African StudiesReview, "I found this work to be tremendously exhilarating, precisely because itprovides such a clear window on another culture, and on the entire process bywhich 'we' and 'they' mutually construct our identities in the modernworld."--Scott DeVeaux, University of Virginia, "The writing strategy is such that [readers are] realistically led throughKisliuk's fieldwork, and we learn about the BaAka slowly, as she does....Kisliuksucceeds in presenting the BaAka people she met as real, complex, multifacetedindividuals."--Thomas Turino, University of Illinois, "I found this work to be tremendously exhilarating, precisely because it provides such a clear window on another culture, and on the entire process by which 'we' and 'they' mutually construct our identities in the modern world."--Scott DeVeaux, University of Virginia, "In my view, the book offers a terrific amount of new ethnographicmaterial on 'pygmy' culture. It is a wonderful example of a new type ofethnographic research that is very significant for musical studies."--DavidLocke, Tufts University, "I found this work to be tremendously exhilarating, precisely because it provides such a clear window on another culture, and on the entire process by which 'we' and 'they' mutually construct our identities in the modern world."--Scott DeVeaux, University of Virginia "In my view, the book offers a terrific amount of new ethnographic material on 'pygmy' culture. It is a wonderful example of a new type of ethnographic research that is very significant for musical studies."--David Locke, Tufts University "The writing strategy is such that [readers are] realistically led through Kisliuk's fieldwork, and we learn about the BaAka slowly, as she does....Kisliuk succeeds in presenting the BaAka people she met as real, complex, multifaceted individuals."--Thomas Turino, University of Illinois
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
List of Musical Illustrations and MapsPrefaceMap of RegionIntroduction: Yodeling for Alternatives: Some Background1. Bearings on PLace, Circumstance and Performance2. At Ndanga: "Life in an African Forest"3. Seeking the Mother of Elamba4. Seizing the Dance; An Apprenticeship in Elanga's Camp5. "Taking" Mabo; Socioesthetic Detail6. Dingboku, Elamba, and the Politics of Gender7. The "Matter of God"8. Continuations: Managing Missionaries and ModernityNotesGlossaryAppendixTrack Notes for CDsReferencesIndex
Synopsis
"Pygmy music" has captivated students and scholars of anthropology and music for decades if not centuries, but until now this aspect of their culture has never been described in a work that is at once vividly engaging, intellectually rigorous, and self-consciously aware of the ironies of representation. Seize the Dance is an ethnomusical study focused on the music and dance of BaAka forest people, who live in the Lobaye region of the Central African Republic. Based on ethnographic research that Michelle Kisliuk conducted from 1986 through 1995, this book describes BaAka songs, drum rhythms, and dance movements--along with their contexts of social interaction--in an elegant narrative that is enhanced by many photographs, musical illustrations, and field recordings on two compact discs., "Pygmy music" has captivated students and scholars of anthropology and music for decades if not centuries, but until now this aspect of their culture has never been described in a work that is at once vividly engaging, intellectually rigorous, and self-consciously aware of the ironies of representation. Seize the Dance! is an ethnomusical study focused on the music and dance of BaAka forest people, who live in the Lobaye region of the Central African Republic. Based on ethnographic research that Michelle Kisliuk conducted from 1986 through 1995, this book describes BaAka songs, drum rhythms, and dance movements--along with their contexts of social interaction--in an elegant narrative that is enhanced by many photographs, musical illustrations, and field recordings on two compact discs., "Pygmy music" has captivated students and scholars of anthropology and music for decades if not centuries, but until now this aspect of their culture has never been described in a work that is at once vividly engaging, intellectually rigorous, and self-consciously aware of the ironies of representation. Seize the Dance! is an ethnomusical study focused on the music and dance of BaAka forest people, who live in the Lobaye region of the Central African Republic. Based on ethnographic research that Michelle Kisliuk conducted from 1986 through 1995, this book describes BaAka songs, drum rhythms, and dance movements--along with their contexts of social interaction--in an elegant narrative that is enhanced by many photographs, musical illustrations, and field recordings on two compact discs. We begin with an introduction to the music and culture of African forest people as understood in both the popular and ethnographic imagination. Kisliuk then locates her own research methodologically and geographically, introduces the main characters, and establishes the circumstances of her participatory fieldwork. Subsequent chapters profile various aspects of BaAka life and performance, concentrating on details of music and dance, while also tracing the development of Kisliuk's experience in the community. The book's "ethnography of performance" approach--a narrative style that supports a multifaceted socioesthetic ethnography--considers theoretical issues by way of form and content, including the aesthetics of performance, the politics of identity, gender relations, missionization, and modernity, all of which inform, and are informed by, BaAka musical life., Based on ethnographic research that author Kisliuk conducted from 1986 through 1995, this book describes BaAka songs, drum rhythms, and dance movements--and their immediate, interactive contexts--in an elegantly written narrative illustrated with many photographs, musical illustrations, and field recordings on two CDs. Key theoretical issues addressed include socioaesthetics and the politics of identity, gender relations, colonialism, and missionization.
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