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Songs and gifts at the frontier : person and exchange in the Agusan Manobo possession ritual, Philippines / Jos ̌S. Buenconsejo.
Penn Museum Library DS666.M34 B84 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buenconsejo, José S. (José Semblante)
- Series:
- Current research in ethnomusicology ; v. 4.
- Current research in ethnomusicology ; v. 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manobos (Philippine people)--Rites and ceremonies.
- Manobos (Philippine people).
- Songs, Agusan Manobo--History and criticism.
- Songs, Agusan Manobo.
- Manobos (Philippine people)--Music--Social aspects.
- Manobos (Philippine people)--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Music.
- Social aspects.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 424 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2002.
- Summary:
- This book investigates the particular history and social experience by a marginalized society in Mindanao Island, Philippines, through an analysis of the speech, song and dance in spirit possession ritual. Using the concepts of exchange and reciprocity, Buenconsejo connects the performativity of ritual song to the formation and maintenance of sociability, personhood and subjectivity. Also inlcludes maps.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-416) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415941245
- OCLC:
- 49531215
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