Drumming for the Gods

Name: Drumming for the Gods
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ISBN: 9781566397315

ISBN-10: 1566397316

ISBN-13: 9781566397315

Edition: 2000

Authors: Maria Velez, Maria Cristina Velez

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Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 1/18/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 210
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Acknowledgments


A Note on Spelling


Prologue



Learning the Trade


Background


Entrance into the Afro-Cuban Religious World


Early Musical Experiences


Learning to Play Bata


History of the Drums



Life as a Musician during the Revolution


Making Ends Meet


Becoming a "Cultural Worker"


Performing Afro-Cuban Religious Music in Secular Public Contexts


Performing Afro-Cuban Religious Music in Private Ritual Contexts


Searching for Alternatives: Becoming a Craftsman of Religious Objects


Crafting a Bembe Drum: "Manufacturing" Material Culture to Obey the Orichas



Life as a Diasporic Musician


Leaving Cuba


Building the Present: Exercising His Trade in His New Home


The Tools of the Trade


The Artisan Transformed into an Artist


Felipe's "There" Faces His "Here"


The Struggle of Memory over Forgetting


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Glossary


Index