false 1525279 1 <div><div><div>Responding to growing international interest in the Yorùbá culture of southwestern Nigeria, practitioners of bàtá&#8212;a centuries-old drumming, dancing, and singing tradition&#8212;have recast themselves as traditional performers in a global market. As the Nigerian market for ritual bàtá has been declining, international opportunities for performance have grown. Debra L. Klein&#8217;s lively ethnography explores this disjunction, revealing the world of bàtá artists and the global culture market that helps to sustain their art.</div><div><br><i>Yorùbá Bàtá Goes Global</i> describes the dramatic changes and reinventions of traditional bàtá performance in recent years, showing how they are continually recreated, performed, and sold. Klein delves into the lives of Yorùbá musicians, focusing on their strategic collaborations with artists, culture brokers, researchers, and entrepreneurs worldwide. And she explores how reinvigorated performing ensembles are beginning to parlay success on the world stage into increased power and status within Nigeria. Klein&#8217;s study of the interwoven roles of innovation and tradition will interest scholars of African, global, and cultural studies, anthropology, and ethnomusicology alike.</div></div></div> 1517209 1 10 2007 Yoruba Bata Goes Global: Artists, Culture Brokers, and Fans total:1|4:1| 1 4 3 0 0 0 false false Mon Sep 14 11:12:18 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 11:12:18 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jun 21 19:57:25 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 19:57:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 19 23:52:27 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 23:52:39 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1525279