Flaming? : the peculiar theopolitics of fire and desire in black male gospel performance / Alisha Lola Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Alisha Lola, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gospel music--History and criticism.

Gospel music.

African American male singers.

African Americans--Sexual behavior.

African Americans.

Sex role in music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2020.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 27, 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-006545-1

0-19-006543-5