UID:
almahu_9948368018902882
Format:
1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:
9780190065454 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
Prompted by the popular term "flaming" that is used to identify over-the-top or peculiar performance of identity, Flaming? argues that male African American gospel singers wield and interweave a variety of multivalent aural-visual cues, including vocal style, gesture, attire, and homiletics, to position themselves along a spectrum of gender identities. These multisensory enactments empower artists (i.e., "peculiar people") to demonstrate modes of "competence" that affirm their fitness to minister through speech and song. Through a progression of transcongregational case studies, Flaming? observes the ways in which African American men traverse tightly knit social networks to negotiate their identities through and beyond the worship experience.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2020.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780190065416
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
