Spirit song : Afro-Brazilian religious music and boundaries

Spirit song : Afro-Brazilian religious music and boundaries / Marc Gidal.

This volume explains how a multi-faith community in Brazil uses music both to combine and segregate three Afro-Brazilian religions: Batuque, Umbanda, and Quimbanda. It is a book-length study in English about music in Afro-Brazilian religions, which have synthesized African religions, folk Catholicis...

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Main Author: Gidal, Marc, 1972- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Batuque music > Brazil > Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul) > History and criticism.
Quimbanda music > Brazil > Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul) > History and criticism.
Umbanda music > Brazil > Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul) > History and criticism.
Batuque > Brazil > Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)
Quimbanda > Brazil > Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)
Umbanda > Brazil > Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
Batuque (Cult)
Batuque music
Quimbanda (Cult)
Quimbanda music
Umbanda (Cult)
Umbanda music
Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) > Religious life and customs.
Brazil > Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Ethnic Spiritual Heritage and the Afro-Gaucho Religious Community
  • 2. Music, Mediumship, and Religious Work
  • 3. Musicians and Foundations
  • 4. Drums, Rhythms, and Nations
  • 5. Ritual Music and Innovation in Umbanda
  • 6. Musical Participation, Spiritual Evolution, and the Quimbanda Revival
  • 7. Old Black Spirits, Africa, and Reinventing Umbanda for Social Change
  • 8. Gypsy Soul and an Unconventional Music.

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