Anthem: Social Movements and the Sound of Solidarity in the African Diaspora
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (775 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 081477041X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 356 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kelley,author of Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times"Anthem is an impressively rich analysis of the songs that gave rise to and developed out of the fraught history of diasporic political movements. Redmond's blend of musicology, political history, and social engagements establishes the anthem as a densely layered text, one that invites close reading but whose ultimate meaning can only be understood in the context of its reconstructed sociopolitical moment."-MELUS"Anthem succeeds in foregrounding the significance of music as an oral tradition, and its ability to move peopl
Redmond is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Shana L. She is a former musician and labor organizer.
Riley Snorton said Excellent read!. Beautifully written and well researched, Redmond's Anthem speaks (or perhaps sings) into the gaps of several fields of research. Bridging sound studies, musicology, and African diaspora studies, among others, Anthem travels across multiple sites and sounds to tell the story of black resistance and solidarity in the "Excellent read!" according to Riley Snorton. Beautifully written and well researched, Redmond's Anthem speaks (or perhaps sings) into the gaps of several fields of research. Bridging sound studies, musicology, and African diaspora studies, among others, Anthem travels across multiple sites and sounds to tell the story of black resistance and solidarity in the 20th Century.. 0th Century.
From traditional West African drumming to South African kwaito, from spirituals to hip-hop, Black life and history has been dynamically displayed and contested through sound. Providing new political frames and aesthetic articulations for protest organizations and activist-musicians, Redmond reveals the anthem as a crucial musical form following World War I. Beginning with the premise that an analysis of the composition, performance, and uses of Black anthems allows for a more complex reading of racial and political formations within the twentieth century, Redmond expands our understanding of how and why diaspora was a formative conceptual and political framework of modern Black identity. For people of African descent, music constitutes a unique domain of expression. By tracing key compositions and performances around the world—from James Weldon Johnson’s “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” that mobilized the NAACP to Nina Simone’s “To Be Young, Gifted & Black” which became the Black National Anthem of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)—Anthem develops a robust recording of Black social movements in the tw