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When Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass in 1855, he dreamed of inspiring a "race of singers" who would celebrate the working class and realize the promise o
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Pages: 296
Authors: Guthrie P. Ramsey
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-11-22 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Covering the vast and various terrain of African American music, this text begins with an account of the author's own musical experiences with family and friend
The Race of Sound
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Authors: Nina Sun Eidsheim
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In The Race of Sound Nina Sun Eidsheim traces the ways in which sonic attributes that might seem natural, such as the voice and its qualities, are socially prod
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Authors: Daniel Bergner
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The New York Times bestseller about a young black man's journey from violence and despair to the threshold of stardom: "A beautiful tribute to the power of good
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Authors: Nicole Brittingham Furlonge
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-15 - Publisher: University of Iowa Press

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Forging new ideas about the relationship between race and sound, Furlonge explores how black artists--including well-known figures such as writers Ralph Ellison