Remains of ritual : northern gods in a southern land / Steven M. Friedson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedson, Steven M. (Steven Michael), 1948-

Series:

Chicago studies in ethnomusicology.

Chicago studies in ethnomusicology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ewe (African people)--Music--Religious aspects.

Ewe (African people).

Music--Africa, West--Religious aspects.

Music.

Ewe (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.

Dance--Africa, West--Religious aspects.

Dance.

Spirit possession--Africa, West.

Spirit possession.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Remains of Ritual, Steven M. Friedson's second book on musical experience in African ritual, focuses on the Brekete/Gorovodu religion of the Ewe people. Friedson presents a multifaceted understanding of religious practice through a historical and ethnographic study of one of the dominant ritual sites on the southern coast of Ghana: a medicine shrine whose origins lie in the northern region of the country. Each chapter of this fascinating book considers a different aspect of ritual life, demonstrating throughout that none of them can be conceived of separately from thei

Contents:

Where divine horsemen ride

Salah! Salah!

The poured gift

Deadland

The rhythm of the crossroads

Burials

Opening the door.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-229) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612679063

9781282679061

1282679066

9780226265063

0226265064

OCLC:

648760881