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5. “We Called Ourselves Modern”: Race Music and the Politics and Practice of Afro-Modernism at Midcentury
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Preface xi
- 1. Daddy’s Second Line: Toward a Cultural Poetics of Race Music 1
- 2. Disciplining Black Music: On History, Memory, and Contemporary Theories 17
- 3. “It’s Just the Blues”: Race, Entertainment, and the Blues Muse 44
- 4. “It Just Stays with Me All of the Time”: Collective Memory, Community Theater, and the Ethnographic Truth 76
- 5. “We Called Ourselves Modern”: Race Music and the Politics and Practice of Afro-Modernism at Midcentury 96
- 6. “Goin’ to Chicago”: Memories, Histories, and a Little Bit of Soul 131
- 7. Scoring a Black Nation: Music, Film, and Identity in the Age of Hip-Hop 163
- 8. “Santa Claus Ain’t Got Nothing on This!”: Hip-Hop Hybridity and the Black Church Muse 190
- Epilogue: “Do You Want It on Your Black-Eyed Peas?” 217
- Notes 219
- Selected Bibliography 245
- Acknowledgments 259
- Index 263
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Preface xi
- 1. Daddy’s Second Line: Toward a Cultural Poetics of Race Music 1
- 2. Disciplining Black Music: On History, Memory, and Contemporary Theories 17
- 3. “It’s Just the Blues”: Race, Entertainment, and the Blues Muse 44
- 4. “It Just Stays with Me All of the Time”: Collective Memory, Community Theater, and the Ethnographic Truth 76
- 5. “We Called Ourselves Modern”: Race Music and the Politics and Practice of Afro-Modernism at Midcentury 96
- 6. “Goin’ to Chicago”: Memories, Histories, and a Little Bit of Soul 131
- 7. Scoring a Black Nation: Music, Film, and Identity in the Age of Hip-Hop 163
- 8. “Santa Claus Ain’t Got Nothing on This!”: Hip-Hop Hybridity and the Black Church Muse 190
- Epilogue: “Do You Want It on Your Black-Eyed Peas?” 217
- Notes 219
- Selected Bibliography 245
- Acknowledgments 259
- Index 263
