Title: Destructive desires : rhythm and blues culture and the politics of racial equality /
Authors: Patterson, Robert J., 1980-
Year: 2019
Subjects: Rhythm and blues music Social aspects United States History.; Rhythm and blues music Political aspects United States History.; Rhythm and blues music History and criticism; African Americans Attitudes; African Americans Attitudes; Rhythm and blues music; United States
Contents: Preface : RJP and the rhythm and blues imagination -- Introduction : (Re)Reading destructive desires and cultural longings in post-Civil Rights Era rhythm and blues culture, life, and politics -- Reading race, gender, and sex : Black intimate relations, black inequality, and the rhythm and blues imagination -- "Whip appeal" : Reading Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds -- "Freak like me" : Reading Adina Howard -- "Didn't we almost have it all?" : Reading Whitney Houston -- Epilogue : "It's just another sad love song" : Reading Toni Braxton -- Appendices. Select list of Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds's song ; Select awards and honors ; Robert J. Patterson interviews Adina Houston.