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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824222403321

Autore

Awkward Michael

Titolo

Soul covers : rhythm and blues remakes and the struggle for artistic identity : (Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Phoebe Snow) / / Michael Awkward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-283-02296-6

9786613022967

0-8223-8949-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Collana

Refiguring American music

Disciplina

781.644

Soggetti

Soul music - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"She's the next one" : Aretha Franklin's Unforgettable : a tribute to Dinah Washington and the black women's vocal legacy -- "Something like wholeness" : Al Green's Call me and the struggle for thematic integrity -- "Miss Snow, are you black?" : second childhood and the cultural politics of musical style in the post-civil rights era.

Sommario/riassunto

Cultural and literary study of the construction of racial and artistic identity in soul cover albums of three popular artists--Aretha Franklin, Al Green, and Phoebe Snow.