Transforming Vo`du ́n musical change and postcolonial healing in Benin's jazz and brass band music
Transforming Vo`du´n examines how musicians from the West African Republic of Benin transform Benin's cultural traditions, especially the ancestral spiritual practice of vo`du´n and its musical repertoires, as part of the process of healing postcolonial trauma through music and ritual. Based on...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press
2023.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009762718806719 |
| Sumario: | Transforming Vo`du´n examines how musicians from the West African Republic of Benin transform Benin's cultural traditions, especially the ancestral spiritual practice of vo`du´n and its musical repertoires, as part of the process of healing postcolonial trauma through music and ritual. Based on fieldwork in Benin, France, and New York City, Sarah Politz uses historical ethnography, music analysis, and participant observation to examine three case studies of brass band and jazz musicians from Benin. The multi-sited nature of this study highlights the importance of mobility, and diasporic connections in musicians' professional lives, while grounding these connections in the particularities of the African continent, its histories, its people, and its present. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 Online-Ressource (256 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index. |
