Katherine Hagedorn
Divine Utterances: The Performance Of Afro-Cuban Santeria, Book & CD Package
Book and CD Package
(Smithsonian Books 698947),
Released 2003;
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In what might possibly be the finest text in English exclusively about Afro-Cuban Santeria, Katherine J. Hagedorn had thoroughly explored "the enduring cultural and spiritual power of the music of Afro-Cuban Santeria and the process by which it has been transformed for a secular audience."
Includes an audio CD with examples of twenty songs to the orishas, or Afro-Cuban deities, performed by prominent musicians, including Lázaro Ros, Francisco Aguabella, Alberto Villareal, and Zenaida Armenteros.
296 pages, includes audio CD.
Highly Recommended. (BP, 2008-01-14)
Description:
In Divine Utterances, Katherine J. Hagedorn explores the enduring cultural and spirtual power of the music of Afro-Cuban Santeria 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 Folklorico Nacional de Cuba, and examines the complex relationshops involing race, politics, and religion in Cuba. The music that Hagedorn describes is rooted in Afro-Cuban religious tradition and today pervades secular performances that can produce a trance in audience members in the same way as a traditional religious ceremony.
Hadgedorn's analysis is deeply informed by her experiences in Cuba as a woman, scholar, and apprentice bata drummer. She argues that constructions of race and gender, the politics of pre- and post- Revolutionary Cuba, the economics of tourism, and contemprorary practices within Santeria have contributed to a bluring 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 Lazaro Ros, Francisco Aguabella, Alberto Villarreal, and Zenaida Armenteros.
Katherine J. Hagedorn is associate professor of music at Pomona College.
Contents...
Notes on Fieldwork: Dreaming Ogún
El Espectáculo: 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
Conclusion
Glossary
Discography
Filmography
References
Index
296 Pages, plus audio CD
Musicians include:
Lázaro Ros
Felipe Alfonso
Zenida Armenteros
Alberto Villareal
Francisco Aguabella
Lázaro Galarraga
Conjunto Folklorico Nacional De Cuba
Many Others...
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