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Black country music : listening for revolutions

Black country music : listening for revolutions

Royster, Francesca T., author.
Book 2022

""What happens when we look at US country music through a black feminist and queer eye?" Francesca Royster suggests it reveals a group of mostly invisible fans and performers in a "white" musical genre, some of whom are intervening in that space in ways that are creative, risky and inherently "soulful." While loving country music can be an exercise in shaming and rejection for these fans, the music is also a space of creativity, resistance, and p...

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Explore Topics & Themes:
African American country musicians
African Americans Music History and criticism
Black people United States 20th century Music
Country music History and criticism
Music and race United States
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ISBN:
9781477326497
9781477323526
Edition:
First edition
Description:
ix, 230 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Introduction: Where my people at?
Uneasy listening : Tina Turner's queer frequencies
"Love you, my brother" : Darius Rucker's bro-intimacy
How to be an outlaw : Beyoncé's "Daddy lessons"
Valerie June, ghost catcher
Can the Black banjo speak? Notes on Songs of Our Native Daughters
Thirteen ways of looking at Lil Nas X's "Old town road"
Epilogue: Black country music afrofuturisms : Mickey Guyton, Rissi Palmer, and DeLila Black
LCCN:
2022002698
Control Number:
3212855
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