Dancing prophets : musical experience in Tumbuka healing / Steven M. Friedson.

Author/creator Friedson, Steven M., 1948-
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, ©1996.
Descriptionxix, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Tumbuka (African people)--Music. --History and criticism.
Tumbuka (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.
Healing--Malawi.
Music therapy--Malawi.
Ethnology--Malawi.
Music and dance.

SeriesChicago studies in ethnomusicology
Chicago studies in ethnomusicology. ^A261178
Contents Ethnography as possibility -- To dance and to dream -- God, humans, and spirits -- Blood and spirit: the Chilopa sacrifice -- The musical construction of clinical reality -- In the Vimbuza mode -- An ontology of energy -- Appendix A. Glossary of Vimbuza spirits -- Appendix B. Vimbuza rhythmic mottos -- Appendix C. Vimbuza song texts.
Abstract For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are saturated with music. The author explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients, and drummed spirits.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 204-214) and index.
LCCN 95044931
ISBN0226265013 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226265021 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML350 .F75 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold