| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 214 pages). |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
African American music reference
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Come go with me : liberation songs -- Ev'ry day'll be Sunday : burial sodalities -- There's a meeting here tonight : Baptist modalities -- On the way to glory : the shape-note tradition -- God has smiled on me : traditional gospel -- The gospel train is coming : Wiregrass contemporary gospel -- I feel no ways tired : Sarah's daughters. |
| Summary |
McGregory explores sacred music and spiritual activism in a little-known region of the South, the Wiregrass Country of Georgia, Alabama, and North Florida. It examines African American sacred music outside of Sunday church-related activities, showing that singing conventions and anniversary programmes fortify spiritual as well as social needs. Rather than tracing the evolution of African American sacred music, this ethnographic study focuses on contemporary cultural performances, almost all by women, which embrace all forms. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
This edition in English. |
| Subject |
Gospel music -- Wiregrass Country (U.S.) -- History and criticism.
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Gospel music. |
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African Americans -- Wiregrass Country (U.S.) -- Music -- History and criticism.
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African Americans. |
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Music. |
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice. |
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Piano-Vocal-Guitar. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. |
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African Americans -- Music. |
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United States -- Wiregrass Country. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McGregory, Jerrilyn. Downhome gospel. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2010 9781628468366 (DLC) 2010015128 |
| ISBN |
9781604737820 (electronic book) |
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1604737824 (electronic book) |
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9781628468366 ebook |
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162846836X |
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9781604737820 cloth alkaline paper |
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1604737824 cloth alkaline paper |
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9781604737837 ebook |
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1604737832 ebook |
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1282939254 |
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9781282939257 |
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