Jankowsky, Richard C. <br/><br/>
Stambeli :  music, trance, and alterity in Tunisia / 
Richard C. Jankowsky. 
 - Chicago ;  London :  The University of Chicago Press,  2010. 
 - p. cm. 
 - Chicago studies in ethnomusicology .
 - Chicago studies in ethnomusicology. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Histories and geographies of encounter -- Encountering the other people: alterity, possession, ethnography -- Displacement and emplacement: the trans-saharan slave trade and the emergence of sṭambēlī -- Black spirits, white saints: geographies of encounter in the sṭambēlī pantheon -- Musical aesthetics and ritual dynamics -- Voices of ritual authority: musicians, instruments, and vocality -- Sounding the spirits: the ritual dynamics of temporality, modality, and sonic density -- Trance, healing, and the bodily experience: from individual affliction to collective appeasement -- Movements and trajectories -- Pilgrimage and place: local performances, transnational imaginaries -- Sṭambēlī on stage: (re)presentations, musical cosmopolitanism, and the public sphere -- Conclusion: music, trance, and alterity -- Epilogue (with notes on audio examples). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226392172 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226392171 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226392196 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226392198 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010004535 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sṭambālī (Rite)<br/>Blacks--Rites and ceremonies.--Tunisia<br/>Spirit possession--Tunisia.<br/>Music--History and criticism.--Tunisia<br/>Music--Religious aspects.--Tunisia
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML3760.6  / .J255 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>781.62/960611