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Old Ship of Zion

The Afro-Baptist Ritual in the African Diaspora [Paperback]

by Walter F. Pitts (, Late Assistant Professor Of Anthropology, Louisiana State University)

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      Walter F. Pitts (, Late Assistant Professor Of Anthropology, Louisiana State University)

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Oxford University Press

    • Published

      October 1996

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      Product Description

      This book retraces the African origins of African-American forms of worship. During a five-year period in the field, Pitts played the piano at and recorded numerous worship services in black Baptist churches throughout rural Texas. His historical comparisons and linguistic analyses of this material uncover striking parallels between "Afro-Baptist" services and the religious rituals of Western and Central Africa, as well as other African-derived rituals in the United States Sea Islands, the Caribbean, and Brazil. Pitts demonstrates that African and African-American worship share an underlying binary ritual frame: the somber melancholy of the first frame and the high emotion of the second frame. Pitts's revealing perspective on this often misunderstood aspect of African-American religion provides an investigative model for the study of diaspora cultural practices and the residual influence of their African sources.

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      • Author

        Walter F. Pitts (, Late Assistant Professor Of Anthropology, Louisiana State University)

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Oxford University Press

      • Published

        October 1996

      • Weight

        282g

      • Page Count

        216

      • Dimensions

        140 x 216 x 13 mm

      • ISBN

        9780195111453

      • ISBN-10

        0195111451

      • Eden Code

        3802609

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      • Author/Creator: Walter F. Pitts (, Late Assistant Professor Of Anthropology, Louisiana State University)

      • ISBN: 9780195111453

      • Publisher: Oxford University Press

      • Release Date: October 1996

      • Weight: 282g

      • Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 13 mm

      • Eden Code: 3802609

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