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Singing in My Soul

Black Gospel Music in a Secular Age [Paperback]

by Jerma A. Jackson

    • Author

      Jerma A. Jackson

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      The University of North Carolina Press

    • Published

      May 2004

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      Black gospel music grew from obscure nineteenth-century beginnings to become the leading style of sacred music in black American communities after World War II. Jerma A. Jackson traces the music's unique history, profiling the careers of several singers - particularly Sister Rosetta Tharpe - and demonstrating the important role women played in popularizing gospel. Female gospel singers initially developed their musical abilities in churches where gospel prevailed as a mode of worship. Few, however, stayed exclusively in the religious realm. As recordings and sheet music pushed gospel into the commercial arena, gospel began to develop a life beyond the church, spreading first among a broad spectrum of African Americans and then to white middle-class audiences. Retail outlets, recording companies, and booking agencies turned gospel into big business, and local church singers emerged as national and international celebrities. Amid these changes, the music acquired increasing significance as a source of black identity. These successes, however, generated fierce controversy.
      As gospel gained public visibility and broad commercial appeal, debates broke out over the meaning of the music and its message, raising questions about the virtues of commercialism and material values, the contours of racial identity, and the nature of the sacred. Jackson engages these debates to explore how race, faith, and identity became central questions in twentieth-century African American life.

      Specification

      • Author

        Jerma A. Jackson

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        The University of North Carolina Press

      • Published

        May 2004

      • Edition

        1st New edition

      • Weight

        259g

      • Page Count

        256

      • Dimensions

        157 x 209 x 13 mm

      • ISBN

        9780807855300

      • ISBN-10

        0807855308

      • Eden Code

        4583588

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      • Author/Creator: Jerma A. Jackson

      • ISBN: 9780807855300

      • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press

      • Release Date: May 2004

      • Weight: 259g

      • Dimensions: 157 x 209 x 13 mm

      • Eden Code: 4583588


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