Cultural codes : makings of a Black music philosophy : an interpretive history from spirituals to hip hop /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Banfield, William C., 1961- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Scarecrow Press, 2010.
Series:African American cultural theory and heritage.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=332735
Table of Contents:
  • Black notes and cultural codes : makings of a Black music philosophy
  • A new Black music arts aesthetic
  • A history of aesthetic definitions
  • Hip to the hop
  • A cultural education
  • Black music studies
  • African roots to blues, New Orleans, and ragtime
  • Jazz : the new modern mode of being
  • Race records, gospel, R & B, and urban blues
  • Urban contemporary : soul, funk, and global
  • Hip hop : connecting the dots
  • Core values and the Black aesthetic code.