Songs in the Key of Black Life - A Rhythm and Blues Nation

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction: Music on My Mind Rhythm 1. Revolutionary Mixtape 2. Grown-Ass Women 3. Digging the Scene (with the Gangsta Lean) 4. Habermas in the Hood 5. Oh My! (The Sexual Healing Interlude) 6. The E-Double and the Trouble Man 7. Bellbottoms, Bluebelles, and the Funke-Ass White Girl 8. Nuyorican Nostalgia 9. Some Otha Shit And Blues 10. Radio Free Soul 11. Big Pimpin' 12. But It's Not a Rap CD 13. Three the Hard Way

About the author

Mark Anthony Neal is Associate Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Program in African and African-American Studies at Duke University. Neal is the author of Whatthe Music Said, Soul Babies, and Songs in the Key ofBlack Life, all published by Routledge.

Summary

In "Songs in the Key of Black Life", cultural critic Mark Anthony Neal turns his attention to rhythm and blues. He argues that R&B - often dismissed as "just a bunch of love songs", yet the second most popular genre in terms of sales - can tell us much.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Anthony Neal, Neal Mark Anthony
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.05.2003
• EAN: 9780415965705
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96570-5
• No. of pages: 234
• Weight: 590 g
• Illustrations: farbige Illustrationen
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Rock, Ethnic Studies, History, Popular Culture, Rock & Pop music, Rap and Hip Hop, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Blues, Rap & Hip-Hop, Humanities, Pop Music, Popular Music, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General