{"product_id":"divine-utterances-isbn-9781560989479","title":"Divine Utterances","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis compelling and personal exploration of Afro-Cuban Santería comes with a CD featuring 20 mesmerizing songs from prominent Afro-Cuban musicians that embody the book's themes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDivine Utterances\u003c\/i\u003e, Katherine J. Hagedorn explores the enduring cultural and spiritual power of the music of Afro-Cuban Santería and the process by which it has been transformed for a secular audience. She focuses on the integral connections between sacred music performances and the dramatizations of theatrical troupes, especially the state-sponsored Conjunto Folklórico Nacional de Cuba, and examines the complex relationships involving race, politics, and religion in Cuba. The music that Hagedorn describes is rooted in Afro-Cuban religious tradition and today pervades a secular performances that can produce a trance in audience members in the same way as a traditional religious ceremony.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHagedorn's analysis is deeply informed by her experiences in Cuba as a woman, scholar, and apprentice batá drummer. She argues that constructions of race and gender, the politics of pre- and post-Revolutionary Cuba, the economics of tourism, and contemporary practices within Santería have contributed to a blurring of boundaries betwen the sacred and the folkloric. As both modes now vie for primacy in Cuba's burgeoning tourist trade, what had once been the music of a marginalized group is now a cultural expression of national pride.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe compact disc that accompanies the book includes examples of twenty songs to the \u003ci\u003eorichas\u003c\/i\u003e, or Afro-Cuban deities, performed by prominent musicians, including Lázaro Ros, Francisco Aguabella, Alberto Villarreal, and Zenaida Armenteros.“A highly original work . . . that will stand out as the most thorough exploration of Santería music performance, both religious and theatrical.”—Raul Fernández, University of California, Irvine\u003cb\u003eKatherine J. Hagedorn\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of music at Pomona College.Explores the cultural and spiritual power of the music of Afro-Cuban Santería and the process by which it has been transformed for a secular audience.","brand":"Smithsonian Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302300111077,"sku":"NP9781560989479","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781560989479.jpg?v=1767725266","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/divine-utterances-isbn-9781560989479","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}