Divine utterances : the performance of Afro-Cuban Santería / Katherine J. Hagedorn.

Author/creator Hagedorn, Katherine J.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©2001.
Descriptionxvi, 296 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Subjects
Santeria music--History and criticism.
Black people--Cuba. --Music. --History and criticism.

Contents Notes on fieldwork: dreaming Ogun -- El Espectaculo: invitation to the dance -- Embodying the sacred in Afro-Cuban performance: negotiating the rules of engagement -- Blurring the boundaries: merging sacred and profane -- The birth of the conjunto folklorico -- Sacred crimes: criminalizing the sacred in historical perspective -- Resolver and religious tourism in Cuba.
Abstract This book explores the enduring cultural and spiritual power of the music of Afro-Cuban Santería and the process by which it has been transformed for a secular audience. The author focuses on the integral connections between sacred music performances and the dramatizations of theatrical troupes, especially the state-sponsored Conjunto Folklórico Nacional de Cuba, and examines the complex relationships involving race, politics, and religion in Cuba. The music that she 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. Her analysis is deeply informed by her experiences in Cuba as a woman, scholar, and apprentice batá 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 Santería have contributed to a blurring of boundaries between 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 Lázaro Ros, Francisco Aguabella, Alberto Villarreal, and Zenaida Armenteros.
Local noteJoyner-MUSIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY CD-2933.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 261-286) and index.
Bibliography noteDiscography: pages 256-258.
Bibliography noteFilmography: pages 259-260.
LCCN 2001020698
ISBN156098922X (alk. paper)
ISBN1560989475 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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