Publication

2020 - University of Illinois Press

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780252085475
  • ISBN-100252085477
  • Library of Congress Control Number2020020770
  • Library of Congress Control Number2020020771
  • OCLC Control Number1142509336
and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCML3187
  • LCCML3187 .H34 2020

Description

"Gospel music evolved in often surprising directions during the post-Civil Rights era. Claudrena N. Harold's in-depth look at late-century gospel focuses on musicians like Yolanda Adams, Andrae Crouch, the Clark Sisters, Al Green, Take 6, and the Winans, and on the network of black record shops, churches, and businesses that nurtured the music. Harold details the creative shifts, sonic innovations, theological tensions, and political assertions that transformed the music, and revisits the debates within the community over groundbreaking recordings and gospel's incorporation of rhythm and blues, funk, hip-hop, and other popular forms. At the same time, she details how sociopolitical and cultural developments like the Black Power Movement and the emergence of the Christian Right shaped both the art and attitudes of African American performers. Weaving insightful analysis into a collective biography of gospel icons, When Sunday Comes explores the music's essential place as an outlet for African Americans to express their spiritual and cultural selves"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • When Sunday ComesUniversity of Illinois Press2020

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