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Traveling Spirit Masters : Moroccan Gnawa Trance and Music in the Global Marketplace /

A group of ritual musicians and former slaves brought from sub-Saharan Africa to Morocco, the Gnawa heal those they believe to be possessed, using incense, music, and trance. This book on Gnawa music and its global reach is a demonstration of how and why trance - and indeed all sacred music - is fas...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kapchan, Deborah A. (Deborah Anne) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2007]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:A group of ritual musicians and former slaves brought from sub-Saharan Africa to Morocco, the Gnawa heal those they believe to be possessed, using incense, music, and trance. This book on Gnawa music and its global reach is a demonstration of how and why trance - and indeed all sacred music - is fast becoming a transnational sensation.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (362 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9780819501363