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Book Synopsis
Reveals mask performance as an expression of individual and community identity.

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Winner of 2004 Amuary Talbot Prize for African Anthropology, awarded by the Royal Anthropological Institute

Table of Contents

Preliminary Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Notes on Language
Cast of Characters
Introduction: Talking about Ge
1. On the Road to Man
2. Coexistence, Cooperation, and Conflict in the City of 18 Mountains
3. "When a rooster goes for a walk, he does not forget his house": "The Tradition" and Identity in a Diversifying Context
4. What is Ge?
5. Manifesting Ge in Song
6. Drums as Instruments of Social and Religious Action
7. Gedro at Guehave
8. Gegbade at Yokoboue
9. Pathways of Communication and Transformation
Glossary
Notes
References
Index

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 21/08/2003
      ISBN13: 9780253216120, 978-0253216120
      ISBN10: 0253216125

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Reveals mask performance as an expression of individual and community identity.

      Trade Review
      Winner of 2004 Amuary Talbot Prize for African Anthropology, awarded by the Royal Anthropological Institute

      Table of Contents

      Preliminary Table of Contents:
      Acknowledgments
      Notes on Language
      Cast of Characters
      Introduction: Talking about Ge
      1. On the Road to Man
      2. Coexistence, Cooperation, and Conflict in the City of 18 Mountains
      3. "When a rooster goes for a walk, he does not forget his house": "The Tradition" and Identity in a Diversifying Context
      4. What is Ge?
      5. Manifesting Ge in Song
      6. Drums as Instruments of Social and Religious Action
      7. Gedro at Guehave
      8. Gegbade at Yokoboue
      9. Pathways of Communication and Transformation
      Glossary
      Notes
      References
      Index

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