In search of soul
Subtitle: hip-hop, literature, and religion
By: Alejandro Nava
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780520293533; 9780520293540
Subjects: Soul in literature; Judaism; Philosophy and aesthetics; Music; Soul; Hip-hop; Christianity
Description: "In Search of Soul explores the meaning of "soul" in sacred and profane incarnations, from its biblical origins to its central place in the rich traditions of black and Latin history. Surveying the work of writers, artists, poets, musicians, philosophers and theologians, Alejandro Nava shows how their understandings of the "soul" revolve around narratives of justice, liberation, and spiritual redemption. He contends that biblical traditions and hip-hop emerged out of experiences of dispossession and oppression. Whether born in the ghettos of America or of the Roman Empire, hip-hop and Christianity have endured by giving voice to the persecuted. This book offers a view of soul in living color, as a breathing, suffering, dreaming thing"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: Sacred histories of the soul. In search of soul ; On Hebrew soul : de eloquentia vulgaria ; Christian soul and the revolt of the slave; title: Part 2: Profane accents of soul. In search of duende : Lorca on Spanish soul ; The souls of black folk : Ralph Ellison's tragicomic portrait ; From soul to hip-hop : the rise of the apocalypse ; Afro-Latin soul and hip-hop.