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Jazz religion, the second line, and Black New Orleans / Richard Brent Turner.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 182 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780253004109
  • 0253004101
  • 0253353572
  • 9780253353573
  • 025322120X
  • 9780253221209
  • 9786612555121
  • 6612555122
  • 128255512X
  • 9781282555129
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jazz religion, the second line, and Black New Orleans.DDC classification:
  • 305.896/073076335 22
LOC classification:
  • ML3921.8.J39 T87 2009eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 9,2
  • LR 56607
  • LR 57747
  • LS 48100
  • LS 48700
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Contents:
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.
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Summary: In his new book, Richard Brent Turner explores the history and contemporary significance of the popular religious traditions, identities, and performance forms celebrated in the second lines of the jazz street parades of black New Orleans. The second line is the group of dancers who follow the first procession of church and club members, brass bands, and grand marshals. Here musical and religious traditions interplay. Jazz Religion, the Second Line, and Black New Orleans examines the relationship of jazz.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)318232

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

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.

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In his new book, Richard Brent Turner explores the history and contemporary significance of the popular religious traditions, identities, and performance forms celebrated in the second lines of the jazz street parades of black New Orleans. The second line is the group of dancers who follow the first procession of church and club members, brass bands, and grand marshals. Here musical and religious traditions interplay. Jazz Religion, the Second Line, and Black New Orleans examines the relationship of jazz.

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