Jazz Religion, the Second Line, and Black New Orleans |
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| Author:
| Turner, Richard Brent |
| ISBN: | 978-0-253-22120-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2009 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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It explores how the African diasporist religious identities and musical traditions--from Haiti and West and Central Africa--are reinterpreted in New Orleans jazz and popular religious performances, while describing how the participants in the second line create their own social space and become proficient in the arts of political disguise, resistance, and performance.
It explores how the African diasporist religious identities and musical traditions--from Haiti and West and Central Africa--are reinterpreted in New Orleans jazz and popular religious performances, while describing how the participants in the second line create their own social space and become proficient in the arts of political disguise, resistance, and performance.