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In Search of Soul: Hip-Hop, Literature, and Religion
Alejandro Nava
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Description for In Search of Soul: Hip-Hop, Literature, and Religion
Paperback. Num Pages: 333 pages. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGR; HRC. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
In Search of Soul explores the meaning of soul in sacred and profane incarnations, from its biblical origins to its central place in the rich traditions of black and Latin history. Surveying the work of writers, artists, poets, musicians, philosophers and theologians, Alejandro Nava shows how their understandings of the soul revolve around narratives of justice, liberation, and spiritual redemption. He contends that biblical traditions and hip-hop emerged out of experiences of dispossession and oppression. Whether born in the ghettos of America or of the Roman Empire, hip-hop and Christianity have endured by giving voice ... Read more
In Search of Soul explores the meaning of soul in sacred and profane incarnations, from its biblical origins to its central place in the rich traditions of black and Latin history. Surveying the work of writers, artists, poets, musicians, philosophers and theologians, Alejandro Nava shows how their understandings of the soul revolve around narratives of justice, liberation, and spiritual redemption. He contends that biblical traditions and hip-hop emerged out of experiences of dispossession and oppression. Whether born in the ghettos of America or of the Roman Empire, hip-hop and Christianity have endured by giving voice ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28 g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520293540
SKU
V9780520293540
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About Alejandro Nava
Alejandro Nava is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Arizona and author of Wonder and Exile in the New World and The Mystical and Prophetic Thought of Simone Weil and Gustavo Gutierrez.
Reviews for In Search of Soul: Hip-Hop, Literature, and Religion
Nava has produced an interpretive angle on the study of hip-hop not seen before. It provides a perspective that challenges the notion that hip-hop music has never been religious.
America This is a thoroughly insightful and informative volume on the meaning of soul through the lens of literary analysis, music, and religion.
Horizons in Biblical Theology (05/02/2019) ... Read more
America This is a thoroughly insightful and informative volume on the meaning of soul through the lens of literary analysis, music, and religion.
Horizons in Biblical Theology (05/02/2019) ... Read more