Then sings my soul : the culture of southern gospel music / Douglas Harrison

Author: Harrison, Douglas, 1975-
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012]
Copyright Date: ©2012
Physical Description: xi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Music in American life

Contents

Introduction : A native informant's report from the field -- Glory bumps, or the psychodynamics of the southern gospel experience -- Nostalgia, modernity, and the reconstruction roots of a tradition -- The rise of "southern" gospel music and the compensations of history -- The gaitherization of contemporary southern gospel -- Southern gospel in the key of queer -- Epilogue : the soul's best song -- List of songs referenced -- Appendix : methods and preliminary findings of a survey of attitudes and beliefs about southern gospel music.

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9780252036972 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0252036972 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780252078576 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0252078578 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780252094095 (e-book)
0252094093 (e-book)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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