Beschreibung:
Gayle Wald is Professor of English and American Studies at George Washington University. She is the author of Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Crossing the Line: Racial Passing in U.S. Twentieth-Century Literature and Culture.
Illustrations vii Photographer's Note: A Vision of Soul! / Chester Higgins ix Introduction. "It's Been Beautiful" 1 1. Soul! and the 1960s 36 2. The Black Community and the Affective Compact 70 3. "More Meaningful Than a Three-Hour Lecture": Music on Soul! 104 4. Freaks Like Us: Black Misfit Performance on Soul! 145 5. The Racial State and the "Disappearance" of Soul! 181 Conclusion. Soul! at the Center 213 Acknowledgments 221 Notes 225 Bibliography 253 Index 265