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Suny Series in Feminist Criticism and Theory Ser.: From Blues to Beyoncé : A Century of Black Women's Generational Sonic Rhetorics by Alexis McGee (2024, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSTATE University of New York Press
ISBN-101438496508
ISBN-139781438496504
eBay Product ID (ePID)15067384321
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFrom Blues to Beyonce : a Century of Black Women's Generational Sonic Rhetorics
Publication Year2024
SubjectHistory & Criticism, Ethnomusicology, Women's Studies, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
TypeTextbook
AuthorAlexis Mcgee
Subject AreaMusic, Social Science
SeriesSuny Series in Feminist Criticism and Theory Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight11.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2023-022982
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Alexis McGee insightfully employs a Black feminist and decolonial framework to examine both the music industry's long history of exploiting Black women's sonic labor and the ways Black women music artists combat these modes of exploitation and erasure. Her rich textual and historical analysis reveals how Black women use music and vocals to forward a liberatory pedagogy that educates and instructs their audiences in how to navigate and thrive in the midst of America's antiblack ways." -- Ersula J. Ore, author of Lynching: Violence, Rhetoric and American Identity "With its creativity, scope, and clear investment in care, From Blues to Beyoncé illustrates why and how music continues to operate as a life-giving medium and resource for Black women. This book will inspire important conversations." -- Tamika L. Carey, author of Rhetorical Healing: The Reeducation of Contemporary Black Womanhood
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal780.820973
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Preface: A Tale of Two Stories: Listening to Liminal Spaces to Listen to Myself Introduction 1. Sonic Sharecropping 2. "Strange Fruit" Sonic Rhetorics 3. Queer(ing) Sound, Time, and Grammar: Black Women's Methods for Generative Prosodic Rhetoric 4. Audible Advice, or Mentorship in Sound: A Black (Feminist) Practice of Care through Sonic Rhetorics 5. Reverb: A Coda for a Quiet, Undisputed Dignity in Sound Notes References Index
SynopsisExplores how Black women have continually used sound to convey stories and forge community across generations., Explores how Black women have continually used sound to convey stories and forge community across generations. From Blues to Beyoncé amplifies Black women's ongoing public assertions of resistance, agency, and hope across different media from the nineteenth century to today. By examining recordings, music videos, autobiographical writings, and speeches, Alexis McGee explores how figures such as Ida B. Wells, Billie Holiday, Ruth Brown, Queen Latifah, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Janelle Monáe, and more mobilize sound to challenge antiBlack discourses and extend social justice pedagogies. Building on contemporary Black feminist interventions in sound studies and sonic rhetorics, From Blues to Beyoncé reveals how Black women's sonic acts transmit meaning and knowledge within, between, and across generations.
LC Classification NumberML82.M39 2024
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