{"product_id":"performing-africa-9780691074894","title":"Performing Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe jali - a member of a hereditary group of Mandinka professional performers - is a charismatic but contradictory figure. This book shows how the jali's talents at performance make him a genius at representation - the ideal figure to tell us about the \"Africa\" that the world imagines, which is always a thing of illusion, magic, and contradiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Performing Africa raises stimulating challenges. Very little is off limits: not nature, not gender, not sexuality, not music--and most especially not Africa as the purest locus of these things. Tackling such provocative subjects with confidence and insight, and with such impressive control over so many scholarly domains, is a major achievement.\"--Caroline Bledsoe, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOVERTURE  Where and When I Enter vii  INTRODUCTION  Performing Africa 1  PART ONE  Representations\/Performances 29  CHAPTER ONE  Music: Europe and Africa 33  CHAPTER TWO  Performances 53  PART TWO  Professional Dreams 73  CHAPTER THREE  Curators of Tradition 81  CHAPTER FOUR  Personalistic Economy 114  CHAPTER FIVE  Interview Encounters: The Performance of Profession 134  PART THREE  Culture as Commodity 163  CHAPTER SIX  Travel Stories 167  CHAPTER SEVEN  Tourists as Pilgrims 189  CODA 213  NOTES 217  BIBLIOGRAPHY 225  INDEX 237","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403710603607,"sku":"9780691074894","price":26.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691074894.jpg?v=1730484331","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/performing-africa-9780691074894","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}