
Society and Change in Bali Nyonga
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- Cover
- Title page
- Coyright page
- Contents
- Tabe of Figures
- Preface
- Chapter One - Introduction: Society and Culture in Early 21st Century Bali
- From Raiders to City-state
- The Politics of Place and Culture
- Organisation of Book
- Conclusion
- Section One: Rites & Rituals
- Chapter Two - Old Wine in New Wineskin? Social Change and Traditional Religion in Bali Nyonga
- Introduction
- A Definition of Religion
- Traditional Religion in Bali Nyonga
- The Locus of traditional religion in Contemporary Bali Birth, Marriage and Death
- The Lela Festival and Voma
- The future of Traditional Religion amidst Missionary Religions
- Conclusion
- Chapter Three - Performance Aesthetics, Structure and Language of Bali Nyonga Divination Systems
- Introduction
- Beliefs and Cosmology
- Methodology
- Performance Aesthetics
- Ndong-ngab
- Malam
- To'
- Mbum ngob
- Form and Language
- Structure
- Diction
- Imagery
- Metaphor
- Proverbs
- Greeting Patterns
- Exclamations
- Repetition
- Questions
- Personification
- Dialogue
- Digression
- Supra-Segmental Features
- Conclusion
- Chapter Four - Marriage and Widowhood Rites in Bali Nyonga
- Introduction & Background
- Background & Historical Context
- Stages in Marriage Rites
- Investigation and Background
- Pre-Engagement (Cho Mungwi)
- Engagement (Nu Ndu Mungwi)
- Escorting of the Bride
- Bridal Seclusion
- Widowhood in Bali Nyonga
- A postscript on marriage and widowhood rites in Bali Nyonga
- Conclusion
- Section Two: Bali Online
- Chapter Five - Imagining Bali Nyonga Online: Online discussions of the Bali-Bawock Crisis on a Bali Electronic Forum
- Mbonbani@yahoogroups.com
- Brief History of the Bali and Bawock
- Background to the Crisis of 2007
- News and Information
- Defending the homeland: Asserting Bali Nyonga authority
- Bali Warriors
- Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices
- Conclusion
- Chapter Six - Language Use in a Multicultural Online Community
- Research Questions and Methodology
- The Sociolinguistic Situation in Cameroon, Home Country of Mbonbani Indigenes
- Language Policy during the Colonial Era
- Language Policy in Post-colonial Cameroon
- The Current Place of Indigenous Languages
- The History of Mungaka
- The Rise of Mungaka Diasporic Populations
- Mbonbani Egroup
- Is Mungaka an endangered language?
- Language Use on Mbonbani
- Conclusion
- Section Three: Oral Discourse & Politics
- Chapter Seven - Social Criticism through Oral Discourse in Bali Nyonga
- Introduction
- Background Information/Literature Review
- Analysis
- Conclusion
- Chapter Eight - Chieftaincy at the Crossroads: Politics, Society and Customary Reform in Bali Nyonga
- Contested Terrain: Chiefs in Politics
- Slippery Slopes: Ganyonga III in Local Politics in Bali
- Customary Reform
- Conclusion
- Chapter Nine - Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Notes on Contributors
- Back cover
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