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100 1 a| Jackson, Jerma A.=| ^A697694;

245 10 a| Singing in my soul :b| black gospel music in a secular age /c| Jerma A. Jackson.;

300 a| xii, 193 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-184) and index.;

505 0 a| Exuberance or restraint: music and religion after Reconstruction -- I just do what the Lord say: gospel as women's missionary work -- Churches and entrepreneurs: the grassroots campaign for gospel -- With her spirituals in swing: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, gospel, and popular culture -- Between religion and commerce: gospel in the postwar era.;

520 a| 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. The author 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. The author engages these debates to explore how race, faith, and identity became central questions in twentieth-century African American life.;

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Singing in my soul : black gospel music in a secular age / Jerma A. Jackson.

Author/creator	Jackson, Jerma A.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004.
Description	xii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects	Gospel music--History and criticism. African Americans--Music. --History and criticism. Popular music--Social aspects. --United States.

Contents	Exuberance or restraint: music and religion after Reconstruction -- I just do what the Lord say: gospel as women's missionary work -- Churches and entrepreneurs: the grassroots campaign for gospel -- With her spirituals in swing: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, gospel, and popular culture -- Between religion and commerce: gospel in the postwar era.
Abstract	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. The author 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. The author engages these debates to explore how race, faith, and identity became central questions in twentieth-century African American life.
Local note	Little-351277--305131037563.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-184) and index.
LCCN	2003024973
ISBN	0807828602 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807855308 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780807855300

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