| Description |
xi, 600 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-548) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Deliver me from the days of old -- ch. 1. "I hear you knocking...": from r&b to rock and roll -- ch. 2. "Down in the alley": sex, success and sociology among black vocal groups and shouters -- ch. 3. "Too much monkey business": race, rock and resistance -- ch. 4. "Our day will come": black pop, white pop and the sounds of integration -- pt. 2. People get ready -- ch. 5. "Can I get a witness?": civil rights, soul and secularization -- ch. 6. "Everybody needs somebody to love": southern soul, southern dreams, national stereotypes -- ch. 7. "All for one, and one for all": black enterprise, racial politics and the business of soul -- ch. 8. "On the outside looking in": rhythm and blues, celebrity politics and the civil rights movement -- pt. 3. One nation (divisible) under a groove -- ch. 9. "Tell it like it is": soul, funk and sexual politics in the black power era -- ch. 10. "Get up, get into it, get involoved": black music, black protest and the black power movement -- ch. 11. "Take that to the bank": corporate soul, black capitalism and disco fever. |
| Subject |
Rhythm and blues music -- History and criticism.
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Rhythm and blues music. |
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African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
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African Americans -- Music. |
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Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Popular music. |
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United States. |
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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Music and race.
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Music and race. |
| ISBN |
0520212983 paperback alkaline paper |
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0520212975 alkaline paper |
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