Souled American: How Black Music Transformed White Culture
By Kevin Phinney.
Description
From Jim Crow to Eminem, white culture has been transformedby black music. To be so influenced by the boundlessimagination of a race brought to America in chains setsup a fascinating irony, and Souled American, an ambitiousand comprehensive look at race relations as seen throughthe prism of music, examines that irony fearlessly—withilluminating results. Tracing a direct line from plantation fieldhollers to gangsta rap, author Kevin Phinney explains howblacks and whites exist in a constant tug-of-war as theycreate, re-create, and claim each phase of popular music.Meticulously researche...
ISBN(s)
0823084043, 9780823084043
