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Jazz religion, the second line, and Black New Orleans /

In his new book, Richard Brent Turner explores the history and contemporary significance of the popular religious traditions, identities, and performance forms celebrated in the second lines of the jazz street parades of black New Orleans. The second line is the group of dancers who follow the first...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Turner, Richard Brent
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Follow the second line
  • The Haiti-New Orleans vodou connection : Zora Neale Hurston as initiate observer
  • Mardi Gras Indians and second lines, sequin artists and rara bands : street festivals and performances in New Orleans and Haiti
  • Interlude: The healing arts of African diasporic religion
  • In rhythm with the spirit : New Orleans jazz funerals and the African diaspora
  • Epilogue : A jazz funeral for "a city that care forgot" : the New Orleans diaspora after Hurricane Katrina.