Songs for the Spirits Kirk L. English Forman-Brunell analyzes the babysitter

Forman-Brunell analyzes the babysitter

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Songs for the Spirits Kirk L. English Forman-Brunell analyzes the babysitterSongs for the Spirits is the first in depth study of the Vietnamese practice of communing with spirits through music and performance. During rituals dedicated to a large pantheon of indigenous spirits, a band of musicians perform an elaborate sequence of songs a ''songscape'' for possessed mediums who carry out ritual actions, distribute blessed gifts to disciples, and dance to the music's infectious rhythms. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and his