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Reed, Daniel B.

 
9780253216120: Dan Ge Performance: Masks and Music in Contemporary Côte D'ivoire
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ISBN 10: 0253216125 ISBN 13: 9780253216120
Casa editrice: Indiana Univ Pr, 2003

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Ge, formerly translated as "mask" or "masquerade," appears among the Dan people of Côte d’Ivoire as a dancing and musical embodiment of their social ideals and religious beliefs. In Dan Ge Performance, Daniel B. Reed sets out to discover what resides at the core of Ge. He finds that Ge is defined as part of a religious system, a form of entertainment, an industry, a political tool, an instrument of justice, and a form of resistance—and it can take on multiple roles simultaneously. He sees genu (pl.) dancing the latest dance steps, co-opting popular music, and acting in concert with Ivorian authorities to combat sorcery. Not only are the bounds of traditional performance stretched, but Ge performance becomes a strategy for helping the Dan to establish individual and community identity in a world that is becoming more religiously and ethnically diverse. Readers interested in all aspects of expressive culture in West Africa will find fascinating material in this rich and penetrating book.

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Daniel B. Reed is Director of the Archives of Traditional Music and Assistant Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is co-author (with Gloria Gibson) of the CD-ROM Music and Culture in West Africa: The Straus Expedition (Indiana University Press).



Daniel B. Reed is Director of the Archives of Traditional Music and Assistant Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is co-author (with Gloria Gibson) of the CD-ROM Music and Culture in West Africa: The Straus Expedition (Indiana University Press).

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Editore
Indiana Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2003
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0253216125
ISBN 13 
9780253216120
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
212
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
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9780253342706: Dan Ge Performance: Masks and Music in Contemporary Cote D'Ivoire

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ISBN 10:  0253342708 ISBN 13:  9780253342706
Casa editrice: Indiana Univ Pr, 2003
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