Jeliya at the Crossroads

Learning African Wisdom through an Embodied Practice

AvLisa Feder

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

This book describes the remarkable culture of jeliya, a musical and verbal art from the Manding region of West Africa. Using an embodied practice as her methodology, the author reveals how she and her music teachers live “in between” local and global cultures.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-10-02
Mått:148 x 210 x 15 mm
Vikt:356 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology
Antal sidor:252
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030830618

Utforska kategorier

Musikböcker inom Kultur
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Lisa Feder is an American anthropologist with fieldwork experience in Brazil, France, New York, and West Africa. She has been a lecturer at the Academy of Art University, USA for over a decade. She currently resides in France and is the founder of Manding Grooves, a company that supports jeli music and culture worldwide.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction.- 2. Sweetness in the Gambia.- 3. Moving with Gambians.- 4. Doing Time: The Balafon Workshops, United States.- 5. Direct Transmissions: Going with the Flow.- 6. At Home: Lessons in Respecting Time.- 7. Enchanting Cosmopolitan New York.- 8. Manding New York: Jeliya Bara Bang.- 9. Patronage: Becoming a Jatigi.- 10. Living “in between” Cultures.- 11. Paris 2015–2021.-12. Duniya: Weaving Pasts and Futures.