Transforming Vòdún : Musical Change and Postcolonial Healing in Benin's Jazz and Brass Band Music /

Transforming Vòdún : Musical Change and Postcolonial Healing in Benin's Jazz and Brass Band Music /

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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 fie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Politz, Sarah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2023]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Postcolonialism and music.
Music > Social aspects.
Jazz > Social aspects.
RELIGION / General.
MUSIC / Ethnomusicology.
Postcolonialism and music > Benin.
Vodou > Social aspects > Benin.
Music > Social aspects > Benin.
Brass band music > Social aspects > Benin.
Jazz > Social aspects > Benin.
Vodou music > Social aspects > Benin.
Benin.
Electronic books.
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