Mercy, mercy me
Subtitle: the art, loves, and demons of Marvin Gaye
By: Michael Eric Dyson
Publisher: Basic Civitas Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780465017690
Subjects: Singers; Biographies; Chanteurs; Biography
Description: Traces the life of an American icon to reconstruct a portrait of Gaye as a flawed artist, troubled by addiction and prone to domestic abuse, who nevertheless helped define America in the turbulent 1970s.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, discography (p. 253-260), and index.
Table of contents: title: Ain't nothing like the real thing : Marvin Gaye's meaning; title: What's going on : Marvin, Motown and me; title: Stubborn kind of fellow : the search for a style; title: If this world were mine : the politics of soul music; title: Somethin' like sanctified : sexuality and spirituality; title: How sweet it is to be loved by you : black love and secret romance; title: Come live with me, Angel : eroticism and exodus; title: Father, father, father, we don't need to escalate : Afroedipalism, corporal punishment, and the politics of self-destruction; title: Troubleman : from the Prince of Motown to the Pied Piper of R & B.