Black Power Music!: Protest Songs, Message Music, and the Black Power Movement

Synopsis

Black Power Music! Protest Songs, Message Music, and the Black Power Movement critically explores the soundtracks of the Black Power Movement as forms of "movement music." That is to say, much of classic Motown, soul, and funk music often mirrored and served as mouthpieces for the views and values, as well as the aspirations and frustrations, of the Black Power Movement. Black Power Music! is also about the intense interconnections between Black popular culture and Black political culture, both before and after the Black Power Movement, and the ways in which the Black Power Movement in many senses symbolizes the culmination of centuries of African American politics creatively combined with, and ingeniously conveyed through, African American music. Consequently, the term "Black Power music" can be seen as a code word for African American protest songs and message music between 1965 and 1975. "Black Power music" is a new concept that captures and conveys the fact that the majority of the messages in Black popular music between 1965 and 1975 seem to have been missed by most people who were not actively involved in, or in some significant way associated with, the Black Power Movement.

Copyright:

2022

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

208 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000594317

Related ISBNs:

9781032184326, 9781003254492, 9781032184319

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

06/14/22

Copyrighted By:

Reiland Rabaka, The right of Reiland Rabaka to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Music, Philosophy

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