The Funk Era and Beyond: New Perspectives on Black Popular Culture (Signs of Race)
T. Bolden (Ed.)
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Description for The Funk Era and Beyond: New Perspectives on Black Popular Culture (Signs of Race)
Paperback. Editor(s): Bolden, T. Series: Signs of Race. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 351.
The Funk Era and Beyond is the first scholarly collection to discuss the significance of funk music in America. Contributors employ a multitude of methodologies to examine this unique musical genre's relationship to African American culture and to music, literature, and visual art as a whole.
The Funk Era and Beyond is the first scholarly collection to discuss the significance of funk music in America. Contributors employ a multitude of methodologies to examine this unique musical genre's relationship to African American culture and to music, literature, and visual art as a whole.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Signs of Race
Condition
New
Weight
350 g
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312296087
SKU
V9780312296087
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99-15
About T. Bolden (Ed.)
TONY BOLDEN is Associate Professor of African American Literature and Culture, University of Alabama, USA.
Reviews for The Funk Era and Beyond: New Perspectives on Black Popular Culture (Signs of Race)
'Paying homage to the ancestors (Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, Professor Longhair), sitting at the feat of the elders (George Clinton, Sly Stone, James Brown) and welcoming a brand new generation of griots headed by funkmaster Aaron McGruder, The Funk Era and Beyond fills the largest remaining gap in the conversation on African-American music. Bolden's collection is theoretically sophisticated, endlessly ... Read more