The Grey Album On The Blackness Of Blackness
Kevin Young · 2012
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"Taking its title from Danger Mouse's pioneering mashup of Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles' The White Album, Kevin Young's encyclopedic book combines essay, cultural criticism, and lyrical choruses to illustrate the African American tradition of lying-telling tales, fibbing, improvising, jazzing up, "storying." What emerges is a persuasive argument for the many ways that African American culture is American culture, and for the centrality of art-and artfulness-to our daily lives. Moving from gospel to soul, funk to freestyle, Young shifts through the shadows, the bootleg, the remix-all the grey areas of our history, literature, and music."--Cover p. [4].
Book details
- Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 483
- ISBN
- 9781555976071
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