Noise and spirit :the religious and spiritual sensibilities of rap music /edited by Anthony B. Pinn.
Description
Introduction : Making a world with a beat : musical expression's relationship to religious identity and experience -- Rap and religious traditions. African American Christian rap : facing "truth" and resisting it / Garth Kasimu Baker-Fletcher. A jihad of words : the evolution of African American Islam and contemporary hip hop / Juan M. Floyd-Thomas. Rap, reggae, and religion : sounds of cultural dissonance / Noel Leo Erskine. "Handlin' my business" : exploring rap's humanist sensibilities / Anthony B. Pinn -- Rap and issues of "spirit" and "spirituality." Bringing noise, conjuring spirit : rap as spiritual practice / Mark Lewis Taylor. Rap as wrap and rapture : North American popular culture and the denial of death / James W. Perkinson. The spirit is willing and so is the flesh : the queen in hip hop culture / Leola A. Johnson -- Rap and the art of "theologizing." The rub : markets, morals, and the "theologizing" of music / William C. Banfield. Rap, religion, and new realities : the emergence of a religious discourse in rap music / Ralph C. Watkins.
viii, 214 p. ;24 cm.
Book Details
Place Published
City
New York
Date Published
circa 2003
Publication Subjects
Rap (Music)--Religious aspects.
Call No.
ML3531.N65 2003
ISBN
0814766978 (alk. paper), 0814766994
LCCN
2003011888
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index.