Spirit Song
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-936822-8 (ISBN)
Combining ethnomusicology and symbolic boundary studies, Gidal advances a theory of musical boundary-work: the use of music to reinforce, bridge, or blur boundaries, whether for personal, social, spiritual, or political purposes. The Afro-gaucho religious community uses music and rituals to varisuly promote innovation and egalitarianism in Umbanda and Quimbanda, whereas it reinforces musical preservation and hierarchies in Batuque. Religious and musical leaders carefully restrict the cosmologies, ceremonial sequences, and sung prayers of one religion from affecting the others so as to safeguard Batuque's African heritage. Members of disenfranchised populations have also used the religions as vehicles for empowerment, whether based on race-ethnicity, gender, or religious belief; and innovations in ritual music reflect this activism. Gidal explains these points by describing and interpreting spirit-mediumship rituals and their musical accompaniment, drawing on the perspectives of participants, with video and audio examples available on the book's companion website.
The first book in English to explore music in Afro-Brazilian religions, Spirit Song is a landmark study that will be of interest to ethnomusicologists, anthropologists, and religious studies scholars.
Marc Gidal is Associate Professor of Music and Musicology at Ramapo College of New Jersey. His work has appeared in the journals Ethnomusicology, Ethnomusicology Forum, Latin American Music Review, and The Yearbook for Traditional Music. He holds degrees in ethnomusicology from Harvard and Tufts Universities, and in religious studies from the University of Oregon.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on Names
Companion Website
Introduction
1. Ethnic Spiritual Heritage in the Afro-Gaucho Religious Community
2. Music, Mediumship, and Religious Work
3. Musicians and Foundations
4. Drums, Rhythms, and Nations
5. Ritual Music and Innovation in Umbanda
6. Musical Participation, Spiritual Evolution, and the Quimbanda Revival
7. Old Black Spirits, Africa, and Reinventing Umbanda for Social Change
8. Gypsy Soul and an Unconventional Music
Conclusion: Musical Boundary-Work in a Multi-Faith Community
Notes
Glossary
List of Interviews
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 29.02.2016 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 231 x 155 mm |
Gewicht | 318 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-936822-8 / 0199368228 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-936822-8 / 9780199368228 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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