Transforming Vòdún

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

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Sarah Politz

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Paperback / softback

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Musics in Motion

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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 Biography:

Sarah Politz is Assistant Professor of Music at The City College of New York.

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September 18th, 2023

Author

Sarah Politz

Audience

Professional & Vocational

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17 illustrations

Pages

256

Series

Musics in Motion

ISBN-13

9780472055968

Product ID

36528144

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