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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810795403321

Autore

Turner Richard Brent

Titolo

Jazz religion, the second line, and Black New Orleans [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Brent Turner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009

ISBN

9786612555121

0-253-00410-1

1-282-55512-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Disciplina

305.896/073076335

Soggetti

Jazz - Religious aspects - Louisiana - New Orleans

Jazz - Religious aspects - Voodooism

African Americans - Louisiana - New Orleans - Music - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-174) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : Follow the second line -- The Haiti-New Orleans vodou connection : Zora Neale Hurston as initiate observer -- Mardi Gras Indians and second lines, sequin artists and rara bands : street festivals and performances in New Orleans and Haiti -- Interlude: The healing arts of African diasporic religion -- In rhythm with the spirit : New Orleans jazz funerals and the African diaspora -- Epilogue : A jazz funeral for "a city that care forgot" : the New Orleans diaspora after Hurricane Katrina.