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Then sings my soul : the culture of southern gospel music / Douglas Harrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harrison, Douglas, 1975-
- Series:
- Music in American life.
- Music in American life
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gospel music--Southern States--History and criticism.
- Gospel music.
- Popular culture--Religious aspects.
- Popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780252094095
- 0252094093
- 9781283993555
- 1283993554
- OCLC:
- 826684864
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