In search of soul : hip-hop, literature, and religion / Alejandro Nava.

Author
Nava, Alejandro (Author on hip hop) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 275 pages)

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Available Online

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Summary note
"In Search of Soul explores the meaning of "soul" in sacred and profane incarnations, from its biblical origins to its central place in the rich traditions of black and Latin history. Surveying the work of writers, artists, poets, musicians, philosophers and theologians, Alejandro Nava shows how their understandings of the "soul" revolve around narratives of justice, liberation, and spiritual redemption. He contends that biblical traditions and hip-hop emerged out of experiences of dispossession and oppression. Whether born in the ghettos of America or of the Roman Empire, hip-hop and Christianity have endured by giving voice to the persecuted. This book offers a view of soul in living color, as a breathing, suffering, dreaming thing"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Source of description
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 29, 2017).
Contents
  • In search of soul
  • On Hebrew soul : de eloquentia vulgaria
  • Christian soul and the revolt of the slave
  • In search of duende : Lorca on Spanish soul
  • The souls of black folk : Ralph Ellison's tragic-comic portrait
  • From soul to hip-hop : the rise of the apocalypse
  • Afro-Latin soul and hip-hop.
ISBN
  • 9780520966758 ((electronic book))
  • 0520966759 ((electronic book))
LCCN
2017010142
OCLC
974487633
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