Rituals of Fertility and the Sacrifice of Desire
Nazarite Women's Performance in South Africa
337 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map, 4 musical examples, 1 CD ROM 6 x 9
©
1999
Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology
Cloth $70.00
ISBN: 9780226548197
Published February 2000
Paper $32.50
ISBN: 9780226548203
Published January 2000
List of Musical Excerpts and Illustrations on the Compact Disc
Preface
Acknowledgments
Map
1. Introduction
2. Isaiah Shembe and the Making of Religious Empire
3. Making and Exchanging Nazarite Sacred Forms
4. Nazarite Hymns: Indigenizing Sacred Song
5. Nazarite Hymns: Popularizing Sacred Song (1940-1997)
6. AmaNtombazane as the Mountains of Abstinence
7. Nazarite Marriage and the "Brides of Christ"
8. AmaNkosikazi as Maidens of Royal Blood
A Last Word
Glossary
Notes
References
Index
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