Music, Spirit Possession and the In-Between: Ethnomusicological Inquiry and the Challenge of Trance
Ethnomusicology Forum September 27, 2007 Richard C. Jankowsky 73 citations
The recent renewal of interest in trance, within the field of ethnomusicology as well as without, warrants a reconsideration of the particular challenges of studying musics of spirit possession. These include a disciplinary focus on ‘the music’, an approach that runs the risk of artificially abstracting music from the larger ritual and cultural complex of which it is a part. They also involve...