"The other people" : music, race, and rituals of possession in Tunisian stambeli.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jankowsky, Richard C.
Format:	Ouvrage
Language:	Anglais
Published:	[Ann Arbor (Mich.)] : [UMI Dissertation Services], [2005].
Subjects:	Music > Tunisia > History and criticism. Spirit possession > Tunisia. Blacks > Tunisia > Music. Slaves > Tunisia > Music. Ethnomusicologie Musique rituelle Minorités Possession Sociologie Afrique septentrionale Tunisie Rite de possession Transe Esclavage Esclave Hiérarchie sociale Confrérie Syncrétisme Divination Rite thérapeutique Relation Noir-Blanc Relation avec les esprits

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. Spirits in the postcolonial world
2. Routes of the (dis)possessed: stambeli, the trans-Saharan slave trade, and the geo-cultural imagination
3. Performing others at Dar Barnu: stambeli at the communal house
4. Music, healing, and the ritual process: stambeli at the private home
5. Black spirits, white saints: the musical construction of the stambeli Pantheon
6. Pilgrimage: stambeli at the Zawiyya
7. Music, ritual, and the (trans)national imagination: stambeli on the concert stage.

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