Counterpoints of Ecstasy : Music, Mysticism, and the Enchantment of Modern America.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDonnell, Lytton N.

Series:

SUNY Series in Religious Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trance music--United States--History.

Trance music.

Altered states of consciousness--United States--History.

Altered states of consciousness.

Music--United States--History and criticism.

Music.

Music--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2026.

Summary:

A cultural history of the relationship between music and trance in America, from the early colonial era to the Jazz Age.Counterpoints of Ecstasy provides an engaging exploration of the relationship between music and self-transcendent experiences in America from the 1620s to the 1920s.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Spiritualization of Self-Transcendence

Chapter 2 The Naturalization of Numen

Chapter 3 The Syncretization of Spirit Possession

Chapter 4 The Internalization of Enthusiasm

Chapter 5 The Carnivalization of Consciousness

Chapter 6 The Industrialization of Ecstasy

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

979-88-558-0684-7

979-88-558-0528-4

OCLC:

1559962786