dc Talk's Jesus freak

by Stockton, Will

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Title Statements

Full title :dc Talk's Jesus freak / Will Stockton and D. Gilson.

Summary

"Late in the Reagan years, three young men at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University formed the Christian rap group dc Talk. The trio put out a series of records that quickly secured their place at the forefront of contemporary Christian music. But, with their fourth studio album Jesus Freak (1995), dc Talk staked a powerful claim on the worldly market of alternative music, becoming an evangelical group with secular selling power. This book sets out to study this mid-90s crossover phenomenon - a moment of cultural convergence between Christian and secular music and an era of particular political importance for American evangelicalism. Written by two queer scholars with evangelical pasts, Jesus Freak explores the importance of a multifarious album with complex ideas about race, sexuality, gender, and politics - an album where dc Talk wonders, 'What will people do when they hear that I'm a Jesus freak?' and evangelical fans stake a claim for Christ-like coolness in a secular musical world."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2019.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Academic
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2019.

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The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (146 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781501331695, 1501331698
oclc:on1098038885
LC Classification:ML421.D388
Dewey Decimal:782.25166

1. Jesus freak -- 2. Colored people -- 3. Between you and me -- Outro: Queer shame.

Subjects

Christian rap (Music) Christian rap (Music) -- History and cr… Christian rock music Christian rock music -- History and cri… Criticism, interpretation, etc DC Talk (Musical group) Rap chrétien -- Histoire et critique. -… Rock chrétien -- Histoire et critique. … United States