Lordi The Meaning of Soul

Black Music and Resilience since the 1960s
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4780-1224-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

Reihe: Refiguring American Music

Examining the work of Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Solange Knowles, Flying Lotus, and others, Emily J. Lordi proposes a new understanding of soul, showing how it came to signify a belief in black resilience enacted through musical practices.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lordi, Emily J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Keeping On 1
1. From Soul to Post-soul: A Literary and Musical History 19
2. We Shall Overcome, Shelter, and Veil: Soul Covers 46
3. Rescripted Relations: Soul Ad-libs 74
4. Emergent Interiors: Soul Falsettos 101
5. Never Catch Me: False Endings from Soul to Post-soul 126
Conclusion. "I'm Tired of Marvin Asking Me What's Going On": Soul Legacies and the Work of Afropresentism 150
Notes 165
Index 205

Über Autor(innen)

Emily J. Lordi is Associate Professor of English at Vanderbilt University and the author of Black Resonance and Donny Hathaway Live.