Old Ship of Zion [[electronic resource] ] : The Afro-Baptist Ritual in the African Diaspora

• Autore: Pitts Walter F., the late
• Pubblicazione: Cary, : Oxford University Press, 1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: WimbushVincent L
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 ""Magnificence, Beauty, Poetry, and Color"": The Afro-Baptist Church, Its Ritual and Frames; 2 ""We Free!"" History of the Afro-Baptist Church; 3 ""I Want to Be at the Meeting"": A History of Afro-Baptist Speech and Hymnody; 4 ""Kabiesile Shango!"" A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Ritual Frames; 5 ""Nothing New under the Sun"": The Variation of Speech and Song in the Afro-Baptist Ritual; 6 ""Like a Ship"": Afro-Baptist Ritual Process; References; Audiography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book retraces the African origins of African-American forms of worship. During a five-year period in the field, Pitts played the piano at and recorded numerous worship services in black Baptist churches throughout rural Texas. His historical comparisons and linguistic analyses of this material uncover striking parallels between ""Afro-Baptist"" services and the religious rituals of Western and Central Africa, as well as other African-derived rituals in the United States Sea Islands, the Caribbean, and Brazil.
• Titolo autorizzato: Old Ship of Zion
• ISBN: 0-19-535480-X; 0-585-32506-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455721003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion in America