Isbn: 9780226265025 - dancing prophets: musical experience in tumbuka healing (29 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. VERY GOOD / NO DJ. xix, 239 pp. Pages are clean, unmarked, undamaged. Includes b/w illustrations. Cover is also clean, unmarked, undamaged; right side corners are just beginning to "splay" a bit, but corner are not bumped and all edges are still crisp, not shelfworn. In near-to-new condition overall (appears never read). …

Condizione: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. A sound copy with only light wear. Overall a solid copy at a great price.

Paperback, spine discolored, else in good condition. Text in English. Illustrated in black and white. Please see description or ask for photos.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1996. Africa. University of Chicago Press. Very good - fine paperback 239p. 9/23.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Condizione: Like New. 1st Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! Like Brand NEW. No tears, highlighting or writing because it's never been used! May have minor shelf wear. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

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Paperback. Condizione: New. 1st Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

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PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Condizione: New. Dancing Prophets: Musical Experience in Tumbuka Healing (Paperback or Softback).

Condizione: New. For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are filled with music. This ethnography explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients and drummed spirits. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 260 pages, 16 halftones, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFMM; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360. . 1996. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . …

Condizione: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780226265025.…

Condizione: New. pp. 260 4 Figures, Illus.

Condizione: New. For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are filled with music. This ethnography explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients and drummed spirits. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 260 pages, 16 halftones, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFMM; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360. . 1996. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Condizione: New. pp. 260 Index.

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Condizione: New. In English.

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Hardback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 260 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condizione: New. For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are filled with music. This ethnography explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients and drummed spirits.KlappentextrnrnList of Illustrations Pr.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Note on Orthography Introduction: Ethnography as Possibility 1: To Dance and To Dream 2: God, Humans, and Spirits 3: Blood and Spirit: The Chilopa Sacrifice 4: The Musical Construction of Clinical Reality 5: In the Vimbuza Mode 6: Conclusion: An Ontology of Energy Epilogue Appendix A: Glossary of Vimbuza Spirits Appendix B: Vimbuza Rhythmic Mottos Appendix C: Vimbuza Song Texts Notes Bibliography Index.…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 260 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are saturated with music. In this groundbreaking ethnography, Steven M. Friedson explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients, and drummed spirits.Tumbuka healers diagnose diseases by enacting divination trances in which they "see" the causes of past events and their consequences for patients. Music is the structural nexus where healer, patient, and spirit meetit is the energizing heat that fuels the trance, transforming both the bodily and social functioning of the individual. Friedson shows how the sound of the ng'oma drum, the clapping of the choir, call-and-response singing, and the jangle of tin belts and iron anklets do not simply accompany other more important ritual activitiesthey are the very substance of a sacred clinical reality.This novel look at the relation between music and mental and biological health will interest medical anthropologists, Africanists, and religious scholars as well as ethnomusicologists. For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are filled with music. This ethnography explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients and drummed spirits. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…