Griots and Griottes - Masters of Words and Music

Informationen zum Autor Thomas A. Hale Klappentext Griots, a uniquely African profession, fulfill a variety of roles as genealogists, historians, spokespersons, diplomats, musicians, teachers, praise singers, and advisors. Telling the story of these remarkable wordsmiths and performers, Thomas A. Hale addresses the nature of their verbal and musical art, the role of female griots, or griottes, how griots and griottes fit into their societies, and what their future might be in Africa and the rest of the world. Zusammenfassung Alex Haley's "Roots" introduced griots to the world outside of West Africa and generated an enormous amount of interest in their profession. This work is a comprehensive portrait of the world of this uniquely African profession, starting with their discovery by the outside world in 1352 by a North African traveller, Ibn Battuta. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. A Job Description for Griots 2. The Origin of Griots 3. The Verbal Art of Griots 4. Music across the Griot World 5. The Making of a Griot 6. Would You Want Your Daughter to Marry One? 7. Griottes: Unrecognized Female Voices 8. From the Courtyards of the Nobility to a Global Audience 9. The Value of Words 10. New Millennium Griots Appendices Selected Bibliography Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Thomas A Hale, Thomas A. Hale, Hale Thomas a
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.10.2007
• EAN: 9780253219619
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21961-9
• Seiten: 426
• Abmessung: 156 mm x 235 mm x 29 mm
• Serien: African Expressive Cultures; African Expressive Cultures; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie; Ratgeber > Spiritualität > Altes Wissen, Alte Kulturen; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Ethnologie > Völkerkunde