ISBN:
9780520966758
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (290 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Print version Nava, Alejandro In Search of Soul : Hip-Hop, Literature, and Religion
Parallel Title:
Nava, Alejandro, 1956 - In search of soul
DDC:
233/.5
Keywords:
Hip-hop Religious aspects
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Christianity
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Soul in literature
;
Music Philosophy and aesthetics 20th century
;
Music Philosophy and aesthetics 21st century
;
Soul Judaism
;
Soul Christianity
;
Soul Christianity
;
Electronic books
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USA
;
Schwarze
;
Hispanos
;
Literatur
;
Hip-Hop
;
Seele
;
Christentum
;
Judentum
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
In Search of Soul explores the meaning of "soul" in sacred and profane incarnations, from its biblical origins to its central place in the rich traditions of black and Latin history. Surveying the work of writers, artists, poets, musicians, philosophers and theologians, Alejandro Nava shows how their understandings of the "soul" revolve around narratives of justice, liberation, and spiritual redemption. He contends that biblical traditions and hip-hop emerged out of experiences of dispossession and oppression. Whether born in the ghettos of America or of the Roman Empire, hip-hop and Christianity have endured by giving voice to the persecuted. This book offers a view of soul in living color, as a breathing, suffering, dreaming thing.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE: SACRED HISTORIES OF THE SOUL -- 1 In Search of Soul -- 2 On Hebrew Soul: De Eloquentia Vulgaria -- 3 Christian Soul and the Revolt of the Slave -- PART TWO: PROFANE ACCENTS OF SOUL -- 4 In Search of Duende: Lorca on Spanish Soul -- 5 The Souls of Black Folk: Ralph Ellison's Tragicomic Portrait -- 6 From Soul to Hip-Hop: The Rise of the Apocalypse -- 7 Afro-Latin Soul and Hip-Hop -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=4797580
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