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Dancing Prophets: Musical Experience in Tumbuka Healing - Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE Steven M. Friedson 2nd edition
Dancing Prophets: Musical Experience in Tumbuka Healing - Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE
Steven M. Friedson
For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are filled with music. This ethnography explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients and drummed spirits.
260 pages, 16 halftones, 4 figures
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | September 1, 1996 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226265025 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 260 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 151 × 21 mm · 410 g |