Jesus freak

by Stockton, Will

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Title Statements

Full title :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 [Publisher description]

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2019

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Academic
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2019

The Physical Object

Description:145 pages ; : 17 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781501331664, 1501331663
oclc:on1037976249
LC Classification:ML421.D388
Dewey Decimal:782.25/166

Introduction -- Jesus freak -- Colored people -- Between you and me -- Outro : Queer shame.

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