The N-word in music: an American history
"The minstrelsy play, song, and dance "Jump, Jim Crow" did more than enable blackface performers to spread racist stereotypes about Black Americans. This widespread antebellum-era cultural phenomenon was instrumental in normalizing the N-word across several aspects of American life. M...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "The minstrelsy play, song, and dance "Jump, Jim Crow" did more than enable blackface performers to spread racist stereotypes about Black Americans. This widespread antebellum-era cultural phenomenon was instrumental in normalizing the N-word across several aspects of American life. Material culture, sporting culture, consumer products, house-pets, carnival games and even geographic landmarks obtained the racial slur as a formal and informal appellation. Music, it is argued, was the catalyst for normalizing and disseminating those two ugly syllables throughout society, well beyond the environs of plantation and urban slavery. This weighty and engaging look at the English language's most explosive slur, described by scholars as the "atomic bomb" of bigoted words, traces the N-word's journey through various music genres and across generations. The author uses private letters, newspaper accounts, exclusive interviews and, most importantly, music lyrics from artists in the fields of minstrelsy, folk, country, ragtime, blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll and hip hop. The result is a reflective account of how the music industry has channeled linguistic and cultural movements across eras, resulting in changes to the slur's meaning and spelling"-- |
| Beschreibung: | IX, 257 Seiten |
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| adam_text | Table of Contents viii Author’s Note Acknowledgments ix 1 Preface One. The N-Word’s Musical Contours Two. Out of Music: The N-Word’s Material, Environmental, and Social Contours 13 32 Three. John Lennon’s N-Word Moment 45 Four. Interlude: Diverse Opinions 72 Five. Philosorock: John Lennon, Bob Dylan, and Other White Musicians Who Sing the N-Word 101 Six. Black Demystification, White Bewilderment: Transformation and Numbing in Black Comedy and Black Music 117 Seven. Muhammad Ali, Rap, and That Word 136 Eight. A Hip-Hop Icon 145 Nine. A Sensible Rule: A Case Study 174 Ten. Inviting Destruction Beyond the Music 183 Conclusion: Welcome to the Conversation, Country Music 207 Epilogue: Coda 215 Chapter Notes 219 Bibliography 243 Index 251 vii
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Table of Contents viii Author’s Note Acknowledgments ix 1 Preface One. The N-Word’s Musical Contours Two. Out of Music: The N-Word’s Material, Environmental, and Social Contours 13 32 Three. John Lennon’s N-Word Moment 45 Four. Interlude: Diverse Opinions 72 Five. Philosorock: John Lennon, Bob Dylan, and Other White Musicians Who Sing the N-Word 101 Six. Black Demystification, White Bewilderment: Transformation and Numbing in Black Comedy and Black Music 117 Seven. Muhammad Ali, Rap, and That Word 136 Eight. A Hip-Hop Icon 145 Nine. A Sensible Rule: A Case Study 174 Ten. Inviting Destruction Beyond the Music 183 Conclusion: Welcome to the Conversation, Country Music 207 Epilogue: Coda 215 Chapter Notes 219 Bibliography 243 Index 251 vii |
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