Emily J. Lordi

The Meaning of Soul

Black Music and Resilience since the 1960s

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Refiguring American Music
• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9781478009597
• ISBN-10: 1478009594
• Artikelnr.: 58025189

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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