Divine Utterances

The Performance of Afro-Cuban Santeria

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Katherine J. Hagedorn

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This volume explores the enduring cultural and spiritual power of the music of Afro-Cuban Santeria and the process by which it has been transformed for a secular audience. The author focuses on the integral connections between sacred music performances and the dramatizations of theatrical troupes, especially the state-sponsored Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba, and examines the complex relationships involving race, politics and religion in Cuba. The music that Hagedorn describes is rooted in Afro-Cuban religious tradition and today pervades secular performances that can produce a trance in audience members in the same way as a traditional religious ceremony. Hagedorn's analysis is informed by her experiences in Cuba as a woman, scholar and apprentice bata drummer. She argues that constructions of race and gender, the politics of pre- and post-revolutionary Cuba, the economics of tourism and contemporary practices within Santeria have contributed to a blurring of boundaries between the sacred and the folkloric. As both modes now vie for primacy in Cuba's burgeoning tourist trade, what had once been the music of a marginalized group is now a cultural expression of national pride. The compact disc that accompanies the book includes examples of 20 songs to the "orichas", or Afro-Cuban deities, performed by prominent musicians, including Lazaro Ros, Francisco Aguabella, Alberto Villarreal and Zenaida Armenteros.

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Katherine J. Hagedorn is associate professor of music at Pomona College.

Release date Australia

August 17th, 2001

Author

Katherine J. Hagedorn

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

312

Dimensions

152x229x18

ISBN-13

9781560989479

Product ID

3537638

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