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Jazz religion, the second line, and Black New Orleans

by Turner, Richard Brent.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : Indiana University Press, (Bloomington :) Physical details: xi, 182 p. : ill.
Subject(s): Jazz -- Religious aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans. | Jazz -- Religious aspects -- Voodooism. | African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Music -- History and criticism. | Electronic books.
Year: 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-174) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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