Yorùbá Bàtá Goes Global: Artists, Culture Brokers, and Fans

by Debra L. Klein

Responding to growing international interest in the Yor b culture of southwestern Nigeria, practitioners of b t --a centuries-old drumming, dancing, and singing tradition--have recast themselves as traditional performers in a global market. As the Nigerian market for ritual b t has been declining, international opportunities for performance have grown. Debra L. Klein's lively ethnography explores this disjunction, revealing the world of b t artists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226439542
• ISBN13: 9780226439549
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"