In the Spirit, in the Dark : Black Music and Political Activism.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baptist, Najja K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Political activity.

African Americans.

Music--Political aspects--United States.

Music.

Music and identity politics--United States.

Music and identity politics.

African Americans--Music.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 2026.

Summary:

How Black music shapes the political identity, consciousness, and engagement of Black youth From Rihanna and Kendrick Lamar, to J.Cole and Janelle Monae, Najja K.Baptist shows us how Black music has, more than ever before, become a form of political participation and resistance that has socialized and mobilized a new generation of Black youth...

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

1 Gon, Through the Fire and the Flood

2 Stir Up the Gift

3 Politics in the Key of Life

4 You Gotta Move When the Spirit Says Move

5 I Got a Testimony

6 The Better Benediction

Acknowledgments

Appendix A Interview Transcripts from Subject Area Experts

Appendix B Survey Instrument and Script

Appendix C Student Consciousness and Event Awareness Regression

Bibliography

Discography

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4798-2038-5

9781479820382

OCLC:

1564690131