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- English
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About this book
In Songs in the Key of Black Life, acclaimed cultural critic Mark Anthony Neal turns his attention to Rhythm and Blues. He argues that R&B-often dismissed as just a bunch of love songs, yet the second most popular genre in terms of sales-can tell us much about the dynamic joys, apprehensions, tensions, and contradictions of contemporary black life, if we listen closely. With a voice as heartfelt and compelling as the best music, Neal guides us through the work of classic and contemporary artists ranging from Marvin Gaye to Macy Gray. In the first section of the book, Rhythm, he uses the music of Meshell N'degeocello, Patti Labelle, Jill Scott, Alicia Keys, and others as guideposts to the major concerns of contemporary black life-issues such as gender, feminist politics, political activism, black masculinity, celebrity, and the fluidity of racial and sexual identity. The second part of the book, Blues, uses the improvisational rhythms of black music as a metaphor to examine currents in black life including the public dispute between Cornel West and Harvard President Lawrence Summers and the firing of BET's talk-show host Tavis Smiley. Songs in the Key of Black Life is a remarkable contribution to the study of black popular music, and valuable reading for anyone interested in how race is lived in America.
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Subtopic
MusicIndex
A Tribe Called Quest, 12, 45
Aaliyah, 65
ABC, 158-59; Radio, 152
Ackamoor, Idris, 180-81
ACLU, xvi
Adderly, Cannonball, 34, 94
affirmative action, 176
African Americans (see also black), 17; cultural anxieties of, 5; Latinos and, 17-18, 106, 109; migrants, 106
African-American studies: Cornel West and, 170-71, 174 (see also West, Cornel); Louis Gates, Jr. and, 168 (see also Gates, Jr.), Louis; significance of, 172-73, 175, 177
Afrocentrism, 14, 129
Aguilera, Christina, 5, 98
AIDS crisis, 74, 168
Akinyele, 144
Algarin, Miguel, 103
All Negro Hour, 138
Allen, Ray, 88-89
American: imperialism, 9-10; nationalism, 141; race politics, 1, 9
Amos, Tori, 80
Anderson, Benedict, 57
Anderson, Sunshine, 123-24, 125; “Love It,” 46; neo-soul of, 55
Anthony, Marc, 110
Anthony, Marc, 110
AOL-Time Warner, 19, 190
Apollo theater, 93
Appiah, K. Anthony, 167, 171
Arista Records, 26, 55, 131
Armstrong, Louis, 70
Arnez, Desi, 105
Arnold, Larkin, 72
Arrested Development, 123
Arsenio Hall Show, The, 156
Ashanti, 42
Ashcroftjohn, 187
Ashford, Nick, and Valerie Simpson, 78
assimilation, 103
Atlantic Records, 10-11, 12, 131
Austin, Patti, 113-14
Awkward, Michael, 174
Axelrod, David, 70
Axton, Hoyt, 125
Ayers, Roy, 111, 112, 114
Badu, Erykah, 24, 70, 125, 133; “No More Rain,” 26
Bailey, Phillip, 34, 46
Baker, Ella, 127
Baker, Houston, Jr.,...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Rhythm
- And Blues
- Notes
- Index
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