Transforming Vòdún: Musical Change and Postcolonial Healing in Benin's Jazz and Brass Band Music

Transforming Vòdún examines how musicians from the West African Republic of Benin transform Benin's cultural traditions, especially...
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Author: Sarah Politz
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Transforming Vòdún: Musical Change and Postcolonial Healing in Benin's Jazz and Brass Band Music by Politz, Sarah

Transforming Vòdún: Musical Change and Postcolonial Healing in Benin's Jazz and Brass Band Music

Dhs. 284.99

Transforming Vòdún: Musical Change and Postcolonial Healing in Benin's Jazz and Brass Band Music

Dhs. 284.99
Author: Sarah Politz
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Transforming 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.

Author: Sarah Politz
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 09/18/2023
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780472055968

About the Author
Sarah Politz is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at University of Florida.

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