Rituals of Fertility and the Sacrifice of Desire - Nazarite Women's Performance in South Africa

List of Musical Excerpts and Illustrations on the Compact DiscPrefaceAcknowledgmentsMap1. Introduction2. Isaiah Shembe and the Making of Religious Empire3. Making and Exchanging Nazarite Sacred Forms4. Nazarite Hymns: Indigenizing Sacred Song5. Nazarite Hymns: Popularizing Sacred Song (1940-1997)6. AmaNtombazane as the Mountains of Abstinence7. Nazarite Marriage and the "Brides of Christ"8. AmaNkosikazi as Maidens of Royal BloodA Last WordGlossaryNotesReferencesIndex

Summary

This volume explores the everyday lives of Nazarite women - part of one of the most popular indigenous religious communities in South Africa - through their songs and dances, dream narratives and fertility rituals, which come to life both musically and visually on CD-ROM.

Product details

• Authors: Carol Ann Muller, Carol A. Muller, Carol Ann Muller
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2000
• EAN: 9780226548203
• ISBN: 978-0-226-54820-3
• No. of pages: 337
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 21 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 510 g
• Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology; Chicago Studies in Ethnomusico; Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology; Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE (CHUP); Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology