Destructive Desires: Rhythm and Blues Culture and the Politics of Racial Equality - Robert J. Patterson - Books - Rutgers University Press - 9781978803589 - April 5, 2019
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Destructive Desires: Rhythm and Blues Culture and the Politics of Racial Equality


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Analyses how post-Civil Rights era rhythm and blues culture articulates competing and conflicting political, social, familial, and economic desires within and for African American communities. As an important form of black cultural production, rhythm and blues music helps us to understand black political and cultural desires and longings.


264 pages, 25 illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 5, 2019
ISBN13 9781978803589
Publishers Rutgers University Press
Pages 264
Dimensions 228 × 152 × 22 mm   ·   362 g

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