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In search of soul : hip-hop, literature, and religion

Title
In search of soul : hip-hop, literature, and religion / Alejandro Nava.
Author
Nava, Alejandro (Author on hip hop)
Publication
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]

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Description
xiv, 275 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"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.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part 1: Sacred histories of the soul. In search of soul ; On Hebrew soul : de eloquentia vulgaria ; Christian soul and the revolt of the slave - Part 2: Profane accents of soul. 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.
Call Number
JFE 17-9289
ISBN
  • 9780520293533
  • 0520293533
  • 9780520293540
  • 0520293541
LCCN
2017007876
OCLC
973505974
Author
Nava, Alejandro (Author on hip hop), author.
Title
In search of soul : hip-hop, literature, and religion / Alejandro Nava.
Publisher
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 17-9289
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