Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One: Sacred Histories of the Soul
7. 1. In Search of Soul 15
8. 2. On Hebrew Soul: De Eloquentia Vulgaria 51
9. 3. Christian Soul and the Revolt of the Slave 82
10. Part Two: Profane Accents of Soul
11. 4. In Search of Duende: Lorca on Spanish Soul 113
12. 5. The Souls of Black Folk: Ralph Ellison’s Tragicomic Portrait 143
13. 6. From Soul to Hip-Hop: The Rise of the Apocalypse 169
14. 7. Afro-Latin Soul and Hip-Hop 204
15. Notes 235
16. Index 265