Jazz Religion, the Second Line, and Black New Orleans

Name: Jazz Religion, the Second Line, and Black New Orleans
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ISBN: 9780253221209

ISBN-10: 025322120X

ISBN-13: 9780253221209

Edition: 2009

Authors: Richard Brent Turner, Patrick Bellegarde-Smith

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Richard Turner examines the history & contemporary significance of the popular religious traditions, identities, & performance forms celebrated in the second lines of jazz street parades of black New Orleans.

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 9/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Eckart Fouml;rster is Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He is also Honorary Professor of Philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin.



Preface


Introduction Follow the Second Line



The Haiti-New Orleans Vodou Connection: Zora Neale Hurston as Initiate Observer



Mardi Gras Indians and Second Lines, Sequin Artists and Rara Bands: Street Festivals and Performances in New Orleans and Haiti


Interlude The Healing Arts of African Diasporic Religion



In Rhythm with the Spirit: New Orleans Jazz Funerals and the African Diaspora


Epilogue A Jazz Funeral for ""A City That Care Forgot"": The New Orleans Diaspora after Hurricane Katrina


Notes


Bibliography


Index