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Black ephemera : the crisis and challenge of the musical archive / Mark Anthony Neal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neal, Mark Anthony, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Music--History and criticism.
- African Americans.
- Popular music--United States--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Sound recording industry--United States.
- Sound recording industry.
- African Americans--Archival resources.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Music criticism and reviews.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (163 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Black Ephemera explores the crisis and the challenge of the Black Musical archive in a moment when Black American culture has become a global import, yet the cultural DNA of that culture is becoming obscured in the transformation from analog to digital"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : The crisis and the challenge of the archive
- Love in the Stax : Death, loss and resurrection in Post-King Memphis
- "I got the blues of a fallen teardrop" : Erasure, trauma and a sonic archive of Black women
- "Promise that you will [tweet] about me" : Black death in the digital era
- 'I'll be a bridge" : Black inferiority, Black invention and the American Songbook
- Decamping Wakanda : The archive as maroon
- Coda : Writing and living with Black ephemera.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4798-0693-5
- OCLC:
- 1288213179
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