In this Book
University of California Press
- In Search of Soul: Hip-Hop, Literature, and Religion
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: University of California Press
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.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Epigraph
- pp. i-vi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xii
- Abbreviations
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-12
- PART ONE: SACRED HISTORIES OF THE SOUL
- 1 In Search of Soul
- pp. 15-50
- PART TWO: PROFANE ACCENTS OF SOUL
- 4 In Search of Duende: Lorca on Spanish Soul
- pp. 113-142
- 7 Afro-Latin Soul and Hip-Hop
- pp. 204-234
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520966758
Related ISBN(s)
9780520293533
MARC Record
OCLC
974487633
Pages
333
Launched on MUSE
2017-10-19
Language
English
Open Access
No