Recollecting from the Past Musical Practice and Spirit Possession on the East Coast of Madagascar

Name: Recollecting from the Past Musical Practice and Spirit Possession on the East Coast of Madagascar
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ISBN: 9780819565006

ISBN-10: 0819565008

ISBN-13: 9780819565006

Edition: 2001

Authors: Ron Emoff

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Description:

This ethnomusicological study of Malagasy music evokes the complex sound & performative aesthetic in Madagascar called maresaka. It pertains to musical expression but also extends into ways of remembering the past & aesthetics of everyday life.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Publication date: 3/27/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 262
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.00" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of illustrations


Acknowledgements


Some preliminary Notes on Language and Pronunciation


Introduction


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


Notes


Glossary of Malagasy Terms


References


Index