Jazz religion, the second line, and Black New Orleans [electronic resource] / Richard Brent Turner.
By: Turner, Richard Brent.
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BookPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009Description: xi, 182 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Jazz -- Religious aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans | Jazz -- Religious aspects -- Voodooism | African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Music -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.896/073076335 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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