Liner Notes for the Revolution - The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound

Liner Notes for the Revolution offers a startling new perspective on Black women musicians from Bessie Smith to Beyoncé. Informed by the overlooked contributions of women who wrote about the blues, rock, and pop, Daphne A. Brooks argues that acclaimed entertainers have also been radical intellectuals, challenging the culture industry to catch up.

About the author

Daphne A. Brooks is author of Jeff Buckley’s Grace and Bodies in Dissent, winner of the Errol Hill Award for outstanding scholarship in African American performance studies. The William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of African American Studies and Professor of Theater Studies, American Studies, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Yale University, Brooks has written liner notes to accompany the recordings of Aretha Franklin, Tammi Terrell, and Prince, as well as stories for the New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, and Pitchfork.

Summary

Liner Notes for the Revolution offers a startling new perspective on Black women musicians from Bessie Smith to Beyoncé. Informed by the overlooked contributions of women who wrote about the blues, rock, and pop, Daphne A. Brooks argues that acclaimed entertainers have also been radical intellectuals, challenging the culture industry to catch up.

Product details

• Authors: Daphne A. Brooks, Brooks Daphne A.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9780674292208
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29220-8
• No. of pages: 608
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Blues, Music, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / History & Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, ART / History / General, Art of indigenous peoples, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Blues, ART / Women Artists, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, Indigenous Peoples, History of Art, Relating to indigenous peoples, Feminism & feminist theory, Literature: history & criticism, Social and cultural history, Music reviews & criticism, Popular Music, Feminism and feminist theory, Music reviews and criticism, Literature: history and criticism, Indigenous styles