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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Middletown, Connecticut :
Wesleyan University Press,
[2007]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (362 pages): illustrations ; |
ISBN: | 9780819501363 |