Meaning of Soul - Black Music and Resilience Since the 1960s

Examining the work of Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Solange Knowles, Flying Lotus, and others, Emily J. Lordi proposes a new understanding of soul, showing how it came to signify a belief in black resilience enacted through musical practices.

List of contents

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction: Keeping On  1
1. From Soul to Post-soul: A Literary and Musical History  19
2. We Shall Overcome, Shelter, and Veil: Soul Covers  46
3. Rescripted Relations: Soul Ad-libs  74
4. Emergent Interiors: Soul Falsettos  101
5. Never Catch Me: False Endings from Soul to Post-soul  126
Conclusion. "I'm Tired of Marvin Asking Me What's Going On": Soul Legacies and the Work of Afropresentism  150
Notes  165
Index  205

About the author

Emily J. Lordi is Associate Professor of English at Vanderbilt University and the author of Black Resonance and Donny Hathaway Live.

Product details

• Authors: Emily J Lordi, Emily J. Lordi
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781478009597
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-0959-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 228 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Refiguring American Music
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries