Harvey & Hughes/Sensual Religion, 8. North American Indigenous Song, the Sacred and the Senses

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How to Cite: Dueck, Byron. 8. North American Indigenous Song, the Sacred and the Senses. Sensual Religion - Religion and the Five Senses. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 170-188 Sep 2018. ISBN 9781781794159.

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How does music shape the experience of the sacred? This chapter looks at two genres of North American Indigenous singing – drum song performed at powwows, and gospel singing associated with funerary wakes – in exploring how music mediates sacred presences and process.