Noise and spirit the religious and spiritual sensibilities of rap music

Pinn, Anthony B. (Added Author). Project Muse. (Added Author).

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ISBN: 9780814768594
ISBN: 0814768598
ISBN: 0814766978 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0814766994 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780814766972
ISBN: 9780814766996
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (viii, 214 p. )
Publisher: New York : New York University Press, c2003.

General Note:	OldControl:muse9780814768594 OldControl:muse9780814768594. Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction : Making a world with a beat : musical expression's relationship to religious identity and experience -- Rap and religious traditions. African American Christian rap : facing "truth" and resisting it / Garth Kasimu Baker-Fletcher. A jihad of words : the evolution of African American Islam and contemporary hip hop / Juan M. Floyd-Thomas. Rap, reggae, and religion : sounds of cultural dissonance / Noel Leo Erskine. "Handlin' my business" : exploring rap's humanist sensibilities / Anthony B. Pinn -- Rap and issues of "spirit" and "spirituality." Bringing noise, conjuring spirit : rap as spiritual practice / Mark Lewis Taylor. Rap as wrap and rapture : North American popular culture and the denial of death / James W. Perkinson. The spirit is willing and so is the flesh : the queen in hip hop culture / Leola A. Johnson -- Rap and the art of "theologizing." The rub : markets, morals, and the "theologizing" of music / William C. Banfield. Rap, religion, and new realities : the emergence of a religious discourse in rap music / Ralph C. Watkins.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by Project Muse.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.