The holy profane : religion in Black popular music /
Teresa L. Reed.
Bok Engelsk 2003 · Electronic books
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| Utgitt | Lexington, Ky. : : University Press of Kentucky, , c2003.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (xii, 183 p. ) : ill. ;
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| Opplysninger | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph. - Pentecostalism and Black secular music -- Blues lyrics : voice of religious consciousness -- Elder Eatmore and Deacon Jones : folk religion as humor in Black secular recordings -- Rethinking the Devil's music : integration, religion, and crossing over -- Evolution of the blues preacher : sermonizing modes in Black secular music -- Postlude : God and gangsta rap : the theosophy of Tupac Shakur.. - "The Holy Profane explores the strong presence of religion in the secular music of twentieth-century African American artists as diverse as Rosetta Tharpe, Sam Cooke, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Tupac Shakur. Analyzing lyrics and the historical contexts which shaped those lyrics, Teresa L. Reed examines the link between West-African musical and religious culture and the way African Americans convey religious sentiment in styles such as the blues, rhythm and blues, soul, funk, and gangsta rap. She looks at Pentecostalism and black secular music, minstrelsy and its portrayal of black religion, the black church, "crossing over" from gospel to R & B, images of the black preacher, and the salience of God in the rap of Tupac Shakur."--Jacket.
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| ISBN | 0813122554
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