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Transforming Vòdún
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- Book Synopsis
- 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.
- About The Author
- Sarah Politz is Assistant Professor ofMusic at The City College of New York.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780472075966
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press, (18 September 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 256
- Weight
- 272 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 x 20 mm
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