Then sings my soul : the culture of southern gospel music / Douglas Harrison.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Music in American life.
Main Author: Harrison, Douglas, 1975-
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2012.
Series:Music in American life.
Subjects:
Gospel music > Southern States > History and criticism.
Popular culture > Religious aspects.
Physical Description:pages ; cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : A native informant's report from the field
  • Glory bumps, or the psychodynamics of the southern gospel experience
  • Nostalgia, modernity, and the reconstruction roots of a tradition
  • The rise of "southern" gospel music and the compensations of history
  • The gaitherization of contemporary southern gospel
  • Southern gospel in the key of queer
  • Epilogue : the soul's best song
  • List of songs referenced
  • Appendix : methods and preliminary findings of a survey of attitudes and beliefs about southern gospel music.