Seize the Dance - BaAka Musical Life and the Ethnography of Performance (Paperback, Pbk)

"Pygmy music" has captivated students and scholars of anthropology and music for decades if not centuries, but until now this aspect of their culture has never been described in a work that is at once vividly engaging, intellectually rigorous, and self-consciously aware of the ironies of representation. Seize the Dance! is an ethnomusical study focused on the music and dance of BaAka forest people, who live in the Lobaye region of the Central African Republic. Based on ethnographic research that Michelle Kisliuk conducted from 1986 through 1995, this book describes BaAka songs, drum rhythms, and dance movements--along with their contexts of social interaction--in an elegant narrative that is enhanced by many photographs, musical illustrations, and field recordings on a companion website.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	May 2006
Authors:	Michelle Kisliuk (Assistant Professor of Music)
Dimensions:	229 x 154 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	244
Edition:	Pbk
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-530869-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Folk music Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Music > Folk music
LSN:	0-19-530869-7
Barcode:	9780195308693

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