Transforming Vòdún

Musical Change and Postcolonial Healing in Benin's Jazz and Brass Band Music

AvSarah Politz

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Transforming Vòdún examines how musicians from the West African Republic of Benin transform Benin’s cultural traditions, especially the ancestral spiritual practice of vòdún 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-09-18
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Musics in Motion
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:The University of Michigan Press
ISBN:9780472055968

Utforska kategorier

Musikvetenskap inom Kultur
Populärmusik inom Kultur
Religion och tro inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Sarah Politz is Assistant Professor ofMusic at The City College of New York.

Recensioner i media

“This tour de force study of vòdún music and religion addresses how the two intersect, interpenetrate, and inform each other—and the world at large. A beautifully written book, at once intellectually rigorous and poetic, Transforming Vòdún is a must-read for scholars, students, practitioners, and the general public alike—anyone interested in global music, religion, and how Africa has shaped both.”—Suzanne Blier, Harvard University

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsList of IllustrationsFon-language Pronunciation GuideAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Multiple Temporalities1. History and Healing in Vòdún Practice, Power, and Value2. Making la Musique Moderne: Cultural Renaissance in Postcolonial BeninPart II: Transforming Vòdún3. Gangbé Brass Band: Producing Vòdún, Producing Livelihood4. Eyo’nlé Brass Band: Transforming the Blues5. Jomion and the Uklos: Hwedo-Jazz and Vòdún in the New African DiasporaConclusion: Trauma, Translation, TransformationBibliographyGlossary