Our national conversation about race is out-of-date. Hip-hop is the key to understanding how things are changing. In a book that will appeal to hip-hoppers both black and white and their parents, Kitwana teases apart the culture of hip-hop to illuminate how race is being lived b…
Why White Kids Love Hip Hop addresses uncomfortable truths about America's level of comfort with black people and challenges preconceived notions of race.
Our national conversation about race is out-of-date. Hip-hop is the key to understanding how things are changing. In a book that will appeal to hip-hoppers both black and white and their parents, Kitwana teases apart the culture of hip-hop to illuminate how race is being lived b…
"Blackness in Opera critically examines the intersections of race and music in the multifaceted genre of opera. A diverse cross-section of scholars places well-known operas (Porgy and Bess, Aida, Treemonisha) alongside lesser-known works such as Frederick Delius's Koanga, Willia…
"Hurricane Katrina threatened to wash away the history of an incomparable, culturally vibrant American city, while the aftermath exposed New Orleans' ugly, deeply rooted racial divisions. Subversive sounds, Charles Hersch's study of the role of race in teh origins of jazz, probe…
'Subversive Sounds', Charles Hersch's study of the role of race in the origins of jazz, probes New Orleans' heritage, uncovering a web of racial interconnections and animosities that was instrumentak to the creation of this art form.
"Hurricane Katrina threatened to wash away the history of an incomparable, culturally vibrant American city, while the aftermath exposed New Orleans' ugly, deeply rooted racial divisions. Subversive Sounds, Charles Hersch's study of the role of race in the origins of jazz, probe…
Subversive Sounds probes New Orleans?s history, uncovering a web of racial interconnections and animosities that was instrumental to the creation of a vital American art form?jazz. Drawing on oral histories, police reports, newspaper accounts, and vintage recordings, Charles Her…