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OverviewTransforming 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sarah PolitzPublisher: The University of Michigan Press Imprint: The University of Michigan Press ISBN: 9780472075966ISBN 10: 0472075969 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 18 September 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews"""Transforming Vòdún contributes to the literature on Beninese jazz and brass bands and vòdún, approaching these topics from the viewpoint of postcolonial trauma studies, diaspora studies, and music and ritual. For all of these reasons, the manuscript will be of interest to ethnomusicologists and can be used in classes on African music, global pop music, jazz studies, and West African history."" --Patricia Tang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology--Patricia Tang ""This is a colorful, nuanced, and dynamically conceived manuscript that makes the sounds and concepts of one of West Africa's most important music cultures accessible to the wider world. It is destined to sit among the classic works of African musical history."" --Michael E. Veal, Yale University--Michael E. Veal ""This tour de force study of vòdún music and religion addresses how the two intersect, interpenetrate, and inform each other--and the world at large. A beautifully written book, at once intellectually rigorous and poetic, Transforming Vòdún is a must-read for scholars, students, practitioners, and the general public alike--anyone interested in global music, religion, and how Africa has shaped both."" --Suzanne Blier, Harvard University--Suzanne Blier" Author InformationSarah Politz is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at University of Florida. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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