Destructive desires : rhythm and blues culture and the politics of racial equality / Robert J. Patterson.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Patterson, Robert J., 1980- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [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.
Rhythm and blues music.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Physical Description:xiii, 246 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
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.