| Divine Utterances: The Performance of Afro-Cuban Santeria [With CD] Contributor(s): Hagedorn, Katherine J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1560989475 ISBN-13: 9781560989479 Publisher: Smithsonian Books OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Ethnic - Music | Religious - General - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 781.796 |
| LCCN: 2001020698 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.16" W x 8.88" (0.94 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Divine Utterances, Katherine J. Hagedorn explores the enduring cultural and spiritual power of the music of Afro-Cuban Santer a and the process by which it has been transformed for a secular audience. She focuses on the integral connections between sacred music performances and the dramatizations of theatrical troupes, especially the state-sponsored Conjunto Folkl rico Nacional de Cuba, and examines the complex relationships involving race, politics, and religion in Cuba. The music that Hagedorn describes is rooted in Afro-Cuban religious tradition and today pervades a secular performances that can produce a trance in audience members in the same way as a traditional religious ceremony. Hagedorn's analysis is deeply informed by her experiences in Cuba as a woman, scholar, and apprentice bat drummer. She argues that constructions of race and gender, the politics of pre- and post-Revolutionary Cuba, the economics of tourism, and contemporary practices within Santer a have contributed to a blurring of boundaries betwen the sacred and the folkloric. As both modes now vie for primacy in Cuba's burgeoning tourist trade, what had once been the music of a marginalized group is now a cultural expression of national pride. The compact disc that accompanies the book includes examples of twenty songs to the orichas, or Afro-Cuban deities, performed by prominent musicians, including L zaro Ros, Francisco Aguabella, Alberto Villarreal, and Zenaida Armenteros. |