Remains of Ritual : Northern Gods in a Southern Land /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Friedson, Steven M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2010]
Colección:Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology
Temas:
Dance > Religious aspects > Africa, West.
Dance > Africa, West > Religious aspects.
Ewe (African people) > Music > Religious aspects.
Ewe (African people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Music > Religious aspects > Africa, West.
Music > Africa, West > Religious aspects.
Spirit possession > Africa, West.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
music, ritual, tradition, rite, ceremony, folk belief, ewe people, africa, brekete, gorovodu, religion, spirituality, history, ethnography, anthropology, ghana, coast, medicine, shrine, nonfiction, musicality, dance, possession, prayer, chants, animal sacrifice, wake, drums, spirits, pantheon, burials, funerals, death rites, piety, devotion, supplication, divinity, gods, intercession, community, tribe.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • On Language
  • Note on Transcriptions
  • Southern Lands
  • Northern Gods
  • Brekete Pantheon
  • 1. Where Divine Horsemen Ride
  • 2. Salah! Salah!
  • 3. The Poured Gift
  • 4. Deadland
  • 5. The Rhythm of the Crossroads
  • 6. Burials
  • Coda: Opening the Door
  • Postlude
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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