Music and Trance A Theory of the Relations Between Music and Possession

Name: Music and Trance A Theory of the Relations Between Music and Possession
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ISBN: 9780226730066

ISBN-10: 0226730069

ISBN-13: 9780226730066

Edition: 1985

Authors: Gilbert Rouget, Brunhilde Biebuyck

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Ritual trance has always been closely associated with music--but why, and how? Gilbert Rouget offers and extended analysis of music and trance, concluding that no universal law can explain the relations between music and trance; they vary greatly and depend on the system of meaning of their cultural context. Rouget rigorously examines a worldwide corpus of data from ethnographic literature, but he also draws on the Bible, his own fieldwork in West Africa, and the writings of Plato, Ghazzali, and Rousseau. To organize this immense store of information, he develops a typology of trance based on symbolism and external manifestations. He outlines the fundamental distinctions between trance…

Book details

List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/15/1985
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 418
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

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