Flaming?: the peculiar theopolitics of fire and desire in black male gospel performance

Prompted by the popular term "flaming" that is used to identify over-the-top or peculiar performance of identity, Flaming? argues that male African American gospel singers wield and interweave a variety of multivalent aural-visual cues, including vocal style, gesture, attire, and homiletic...

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Main Author: Jones, Alisha Lola ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2020
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:Prompted by the popular term "flaming" that is used to identify over-the-top or peculiar performance of identity, Flaming? argues that male African American gospel singers wield and interweave a variety of multivalent aural-visual cues, including vocal style, gesture, attire, and homiletics, to position themselves along a spectrum of gender identities. These multisensory enactments empower artists (i.e., "peculiar people") to demonstrate modes of "competence" that affirm their fitness to minister through speech and song. Through a progression of transcongregational case studies, Flaming? observes the ways in which African American men traverse tightly knit social networks to negotiate their identities through and beyond the worship experience
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2020. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (304 Seiten)
ISBN:9780190065454
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190065416.001.0001

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