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OverviewThe first book-length ethnographic study on music and Ifá divination in Cuba and Nigeria. Hailing from Cuba, Nigeria, and various sites across Latin America and the Caribbean, Ifá missionary-practitioners are transforming the landscape of Ifá divination and deity (òrìşà/oricha) worship through transatlantic travel and reconnection. In Cuba, where Ifá and Santería emerged as an interrelated, Yorùbá-inspired ritual complex, worshippers are driven to “African Traditionalism” by its promise of efficacy: they find Yorùbá approaches more powerful, potent, and efficacious. In the first book-length study on music and Ifá, Ruthie Meadows draws on extensive, multi-sited fieldwork in Cuba and Yorùbáland, Nigeria to examine the contentious “Nigerian-style” ritual movement in Cuban Ifá divination. Meadows uses feminist and queer of color theory along with critical studies of Africanity to excavate the relation between utility and affect within translocal ritual music circulations. Meadows traces how translocal Ifá priestesses (Ìyánífá), female batá drummers (bataleras), and priests (babaláwo) harness Yorùbá-centric approaches to ritual music and sound to heighten efficacy, achieve desired ritual outcomes, and reshape the conditions of their lives. Within a contentious religious landscape marked by the idiosyncrasies of Revolutionary state policy, Nigerian-style Ifá-Òrìşà is leveraged to reshape femininity and masculinity, state religious policy, and transatlantic ritual authority on the island. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ruthie MeadowsPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Edition: 1 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm ISBN: 9780226828954ISBN 10: 0226828956 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 07 November 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Examples and Transcriptions List of Abbreviations Preface Introduction Chapter One: The Global Ifá Missionary: Revisionism and Nigerian-Style Ifá-Òrìṣà in Cuba Chapter Two: Yorùbá Geographies and the Efficacy of the Far: The Dùndún “Talking Drums” and Transatlantic Institutions in Havana Chapter Three: Revolutionary Feminism and Gendered Translocality: Women and Consecrated Batá Chapter Four: Ìyánífá: Gendered Polarity and “Speaking Ifá” Chapter Five: The Efficacy of Pleasure and the Utility of the Close: Regionalism and All-Male Egúngún Masquerade Epilogue: The “Leopards” of Nigerian-Style Ifá-Òrìṣà: Visions from Cuba to Yorùbáland Acknowledgments Glossary Notes References IndexReviews“With this innovative book, Meadows significantly expands our understanding of Afro-Cuban religious music and its ever-changing manifestations. Her exploration of ritual music associated with divination across the island, her focus on transatlantic religious dialogues between Nigeria and Cuba, her emphasis on the contested nature of religious orthodoxy, and her close attention to the struggles of women all represent major contributions to existing scholarship.” * Robin Moore, The University of Texas at Austin * “Meadows’s years of research and solid scholarship shed new light on the fast-moving nigeriano religious movement in Cuba. Her accessible and engaging writing allows diverse kinds of readers to understand a complex phenomenon. This important book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of Cuban and Yorùbá music and religion, as well as a vast international readership of òrìṣà devotees and musicians.” * Amanda Villepastour, Cardiff University * Author InformationRuthie Meadows is assistant professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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