UID:
edocfu_9959245904402883
Format:
1 online resource (250 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-252-09409-3
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1-283-99355-4
Series Statement:
Music in American life
Content:
In this work on southern gospel music, Douglas Harrison re-examines the music's historical emergence and its function as a modern cultural phenomenon. Harrison explores how listeners and consumers of southern gospel integrate its lyrics and music into their own religious experience.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Introduction : A native informant's report from the field -- Glory bumps, or the psychodynamics of the southern gospel experience -- Nostalgia, modernity, and the reconstruction roots of a tradition -- The rise of "southern" gospel music and the compensations of history -- The gaitherization of contemporary southern gospel -- Southern gospel in the key of queer -- Epilogue : the soul's best song -- List of songs referenced -- Appendix : methods and preliminary findings of a survey of attitudes and beliefs about southern gospel music.
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-252-07857-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-252-03697-2
Language:
English
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