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Dancing Spirits: Rhythms and Rituals of Haitian Vodun, the Rada Rite

by Gerdès Fleurant. 218 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Gerdès Fleurant

Publisher:

   Greenwood Press

Place of Publication:

  Westport, CT  

Publication Year:

  1996
Subjects:   Voodoo Music--Haiti--History And Criticism, Rada (Voodoo Rite)
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Dancing Spirits: Rhythms and Rituals of Haitian Vodun, the Rada Rite
Book by Gerdès Fleurant; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Rada (Voodoo Rite), Voodoo Music--Haiti--History And Criticism
...Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-313-29718-5 alk. paper 1. Voodoo music-- Haiti--History and criticism. 2. Rada Voodoo rite 1. Title. II. Series. ML3197.F54 1996 781.796--dc20 96-46061 British Library Cataloguing...
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Rara! Vodou, Power, and Performance in Haiti and Its Diaspora
Book by Elizabeth McAlister; University of California Press, 2002
Subjects: Folk Music--Haiti--History And Criticism, Folk Songs, Creole--Haiti--History And Criticism, Rara Festival--Songs And Music--History And Criticism, Voodoo Music--Haiti--History And Criticism
...Raras near the Lakou Badjo, the stronghold of the Nago (historically Yoruba) nation in Vodou, reflect the rit Nago (Nago rite) in their drumming styles and ritual. The Raras near the Lakou Soukri likewise incorporate the styles of this royal Kongo center...
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A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey: Popular Music and Power in Haiti
Book by Gage Averill; University of Chicago Press, 1997
Subjects: Popular Music--Haiti--History And Criticism, Power (Social Sciences)--Haiti--History--20th Century
...Listeners may not be able to stop dancing to the irresistible music of Rara Machine, but it wont be because of voodoo magic." 59 One could fill many books with examples like...has sampled and contextualized the American literature on Haiti in his insightful Haiti and the United States: National...the Dominican merengue has a great deal to do with the history of social tensions between the two countries which share...
4.
Haiti: The Failure of Politics
Book by Brian Weinstein, Aaron Segal; Praeger Publishers, 1992
Subjects: Duvalier, Francois--1907-1971, Duvalier, Jean-Claude--1951-, Haiti--Politics and government--20th century, Political corruption--Haiti--History
...families and possibly from the spirits that foreigners call Voodoo. According to the British political thinker Thomas Hobbes...these analysts. No matter how one defines politics, in Haiti it has failed. In such a country civil society might fill...surprising to observers who know something about the countrys history is the dignity of the poor, a manifestation of their self-esteem...republic with an authentic national culture through Voodoo, music, art, and literature. Unlike the Khmer Rouge or the northern...accountability, reacting with disbelief and extreme resentment to criticism and demands for change. It is clear that the ultimate...
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Upholding Democracy: The United States Military Campaign in Haiti, 1994-1997
Book by John R. Ballard; Praeger, 1998
Subjects: Haiti--History--American Intervention, 1994-1995
...Haitian antagonism, and an ill-conceived attempt to outlaw voodoo alienated the huge mass of Haitian society, which viewed...deprivation and an atmosphere of discontent leading to increased criticism of the government. However, insufficient progress was...the father of Franqois Duvalier, the future president of Haiti. The year 1929 represented a crucial turning point, as...paid to maintaining and strengthening their use. When no history of democracy exists, the effort is made to reveal its advan...
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Analogies and Differences in African-American Musical Cultures across the Hemisphere: Interpretive Models and Research Strategies
Journal article by Gerhard Kubik; Black Music Research Journal, 1998
Subjects: African Americans--Music, Musical analysis--Models, Musical criticism--Models
...cultural identity and the psychology of culture contact. In Music and black ethnicity, edited by Gerard Behague, 17-46. New Brunswick...African-Caribbean religions, edited by Manfred Kremser. Vol. 2, Voodoo, 17-34. Vienna: WUV. Kubik, Gerhard, and Tiago de Oliveira...
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Voodoo Fascism: Fascist Ideology in Arna Bontemps's Drums at Dusk
Journal article by Mark Christian Thompson; MELUS, Vol. 30, 2005
Subjects: African American authors--Criticism and interpretation, African American authors--Works, African American writers--Criticism and interpretation, African American writers--Works, Bontemps, Arna Wendell--Criticism and interpretation, Bontemps, Arna Wendell--Works, Drums at Dusk (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Slave life--Portrayals
Voodoo Fascism: Fascist Ideology in Arna Bontempss Drums at Dusk...Majesty (1928) and theatrical productions like Orson Welless "Voodoo Macbeth" (1931), the Haiti of the occupation underwent...core myth that binds the slave movement is, in the novel, Voodoo. But the novel itself can also be seen as a mythic platform...
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La Melodie Vaudoo-Voodoo Art Songs: The Genesis of a Nationalist Music in the Republic of Haiti
Journal article by Robert Grenier; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 21, 2001
Subjects: Manhattan School of Music--Research, Voodooism--Social aspects
...music that is now no longer available. Although their criticisms are separated by only nine years, the tone of these two critics of Haitian music is quite distinct: Vincent speaks in admiration for the...after a particularly difficult and defining moment in the history of Haiti: the invasion of the Republic by the armed forces of the...first efforts as an ethnographic researcher of Haitian voodoo music. Jaegerhuber returned only three years after the...
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Voodoo Hermeneutics/the Crossroads Sublime: Soul Musics, Mindful Body, and Creole Consciousness
Journal article by Keith Cartwright; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 57, 2003
Subjects: Creoles, Philosophy--Research, Religion--Research
Voodoo Hermeneutics/the Crossroads Sublime: Soul Musics, Mindful...colonizing universalism cannot admit. (6) My proposal of a voodoo hermeneutics calls us to take the religions seriously...effort to articulate the subalternized knowledges of a voodoo hermeneutics faces a doubled (fractally dangerous) crossroads...
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Debuting Her Political Voice: The Lost Opera of Shirley Graham
Journal article by Sarah Schmalenberger; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 26, 2006
Subjects: African American women musicians--History, African American women musicians--Works, Du Bois, Shirley Graham--History, Du Bois, Shirley Graham--Works, Opera scores--History, Operas--History, Operas--Scores and parts
...issues of honor. In act 1, the honor of being chosen for the rite is rescinded because of the arrival of slave hunters who...been prevented, had it not been for the Boys disobedience of Voodoos instructions to be on the lookout for intruders. Instead...minor triads as he attempts in vain to finish the sacrificial rite on his own. They are not spared from capture, and as the Bantu descend on Voodoo as the final captive, he condemns the Boy, using tritones...
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magazine articles on: (Voodoo Music Haiti History And Criticism) OR (Rada Voodoo Rite)  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Haiti Matters!
Magazine article by Charles Mccollester; Monthly Review, Vol. 56, September 2004
Subjects: Aristide, Jean-Bertrand--Political activity, Aristide, Jean-Bertrand--Powers and duties, Haiti--Economic aspects, Haiti--Political aspects, Presidents (Government)--Political activity, Presidents (Government)--Powers and duties, Presidents--Political activity, Presidents--Powers and duties
...where discussion revolves around the culture, people, and history of Haiti. Pro- and anti-Aristide opinions are heatedly discussed by...bathe in the luxurious swimming pool, listen to the music of the Haitian drum and watch the Haitian dancers. Mingle...Richard Morse has an album entitled Puritan Voodoo. The title expresses his heritage through an American father...
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Devotion to Style and Color: Art Expert Gerald Alexis Explores the Vibrant History of Haitian Art, from the Naive and Primitive to the Abstract and Contemporary
Magazine article by Gerald Alexis; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 59, May-June 2007
Subjects: Art, Primitive--Influence, Artists, Latin American--Evaluation, Arts centers--History, Haiti--Social aspects, Haitian art--Evaluation, Haitian art--History, Latin American artists--Evaluation, Primitive art--Influence
...has always been closely related to the popular religion--Voodoo--and it has been a constant presence in society due to...abolition of slavery and the independence of the new nation of Haiti in 1804. Then, even as the newly conquered territories...the way the Haitian imagination was shaped by national history. Contemporary historical paintings attempted to relate...figuration, they cannot exclude abstraction either, since music, which is made of rhythm, is the most abstract of all arts...and their total lack of faith in their own values. Such criticism was valid for artists whose abstractions were merely decorative...
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The 55 Most Beautiful People of 2000
Magazine article; Ebony, Vol. 56, December 2000
Subjects: African Americans--Appreciation, Celebrities--Appreciation, Personal appearance--Appreciation
...son-of-a-preacher-man manners are potentially lethal mixes that keep his fans in constant conjure mode. His latest album, aptly titled Voodoo, is a steamy homage to his artistic talent and soul roots. He is not only a leader of the neo soul/hip-hop movement, but hes...
4.
Castle Adamant
Magazine article by Denis Donoghue; New Criterion, Vol. 26, December 2007
Subjects: Authors--Criticism and interpretation, Authors--Works, Axel's Castle (Collection)--Excerpts, Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s and 30s (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Wilson, Edmund (American writer)--Criticism and interpretation, Wilson, Edmund (American writer)--Works, Writers--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Works
...be organized self-consciousness and self-criticism, that is, a recognized intellectual...display a similar form of irony. The Zuni festival of Shalako, Voodoo in Haiti, the scrolls from the Dead Seas, Nabokovs version of Eugene...


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