Preaching on wax : the phonograph and the shaping of modern African American religion /
"From 1925 to 1941, approximately one hundred African American clergymen teamed up with leading record labels such as Columbia, Paramount, Victor-RCA to record and sell their sermons on wax. While white clerics of the era, such as Aimee Semple McPherson and Charles Fuller, became religious entr...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2014]
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Colección: | Religion, race, and ethnicity.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- PREACHING ON WAX
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Author's Note
- Introduction: Phonograph Religion
- 1. "The Machine Which Talks!: The Phonograph in American Life and Culture
- 2. "Ragtime Music, Ragtime Morals": Race Records and the Problem of Amusement
- 3. Selling to the Souls of Black Folk: The Commodification of African American Sermons
- 4. Apostles of Modernity: Phonograph Religion and the Roots of Popular Black Religious Broadcasting
- 5. A New Preacher for a New Negro: Phonograph Religion and the New Black Social Authority 6. "Say Good-Bye to Chain Stores!": Recorded Sermons and Protest
- Conclusion: Let the Record Play! Communication and Continuity in African American Religion and Culture
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author