Remains of Ritual: Northern Gods in a Southern Land - Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE - Steven M. Friedson - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226265049 - August 1, 2009
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Steven M. Friedson
Remains of Ritual: Northern Gods in a Southern Land - Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE

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A book on the critical role of music in African ritual which focuses on the Brekete/Gorovodu religion of the Ewe people. It analyzes their practices through a historical and ethnographic study of one of the dominant ritual sites on the southern coast of Ghana: a medicine shrine whose origins lie in the northern region of the country.

240 pages, 2 colour plates, 25 halftones, 3 line drawings, 23 musical examples

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Released August 1, 2009
ISBN13 9780226265049
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 272
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   510 g
Language English  

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