1. Reading Race, Gender, and Sex: Black Intimate Relations, Black Inequality, and the Rhythm and Blues Imagination

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface: RJP and the Rhythm and Blues Imagination ix
4. 1. Reading Race, Gender, and Sex: Black Intimate Relations, Black Inequality, and the Rhythm and Blues Imagination 30
5. 2. “Whip Appeal”: Reading Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds 61
6. 3. “Freak Like Me”: Reading Adina Howard 93
7. 4. “Didn’t We Almost Have It All?”: Reading Whitney Houston 125
8. Epilogue: “It’s Just Another Sad Love Song”: Reading Toni Braxton 165
9. Appendix A: Select List of Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds’s Songs 171
10. Appendix B: Select Awards and Honors 183
11. Appendix C: Robert J. Patterson Interviews Adina Howard 193
12. Acknowledgments 199
13. Notes 203
14. Bibliography 225
15. Index 237
16. About the author 247