Jazz religion, the second line, and Black New Orleans / Richard Brent Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Richard Brent.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz--Religious aspects--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Jazz.

Jazz--Religious aspects--Voodooism.

African Americans--Louisiana--New Orleans--Music--History and criticism.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In his new book, Richard Brent Turner explores the history and contemporary significance of the popular religious traditions, identities, and performance forms celebrated in the second lines of the jazz street parades of black New Orleans. The second line is the group of dancers who follow the first procession of church and club members, brass bands, and grand marshals. Here musical and religious traditions interplay. Jazz Religion, the Second Line, and Black New Orleans examines the relationship of jazz to indigenous religion and spirituality. It explores how the African diasporist religious identities and musical traditions -- from Haiti and West and Central Africa -- are reinterpreted in New Orleans jazz and popular religious performances, while describing how the participants in the second line create their own social space and become proficient in the arts of political disguise, resistance, and performance.

Contents:

Introduction : Follow the second line

The Haiti-New Orleans vodou connection : Zora Neale Hurston as initiate observer

Mardi Gras Indians and second lines, sequin artists and rara bands : street festivals and performances in New Orleans and Haiti

Interlude: The healing arts of African diasporic religion

In rhythm with the spirit : New Orleans jazz funerals and the African diaspora

Epilogue : A jazz funeral for "a city that care forgot" : the New Orleans diaspora after Hurricane Katrina.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-174) and index.

ISBN:

9786612555121

0-253-00410-1

1-282-55512-X

OCLC:

647923181