Transforming Vòdún: musical change and postcolonial healing in Benin's jazz and brass band music / Sarah Politz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Politz, Sarah, author.

Series:

Musics in motion series.

Musics in motion series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vodou music--Social aspects--Benin.

Vodou music.

Jazz--Social aspects--Benin.

Jazz.

Brass band music--Social aspects--Benin.

Brass band music.

Music--Social aspects--Benin.

Music.

Vodou--Social aspects--Benin.

Vodou.

Postcolonialism and music--Social aspects--Benin.

Postcolonialism and music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 229 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2023.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Title from eBook information screen..

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472903283

0472903284

OCLC:

1378544172