Conjuring freedom : music and masculinity in the Civil War's "Gospel Army" /

Conjuring Freedom: Music and Masculinity in the Civil War's "Gospel Army" analyzes the songs of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, a regiment of Black soldiers who met nightly in the performance of the ring shout. In this study, acknowledging the importance of conjure as a religious,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jabir, Johari (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2017]
Colección:Black performance and cultural criticism.
Temas:
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, > 1823-1911.
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, > 1823-1911
United States. > Army. > South Carolina Volunteers, 1st (1862-1864)
United States. > Army > African American troops.
États-Unis. > Army > Troupes noires américaines.
United States. > Army
1861-1865
African Americans > Music > History and criticism.
Spirituals (Songs) > History and criticism.
Ring shout (Dance)
Masculinity.
Negro spirituals > Histoire et critique.
Masculinité.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
African Americans
African Americans > Music
Armed Forces > African American troops
Masculinity
Spirituals (Songs)
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > African Americans.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Noirs américains.
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A strange fulfillment of dreams: racial fetish and fantasy in Thomas Wentworth Higginson's Army life in a Black regiment
  • The collective will to conjure: religion, ring shout, and spiritual militancy in a Black regiment
  • One more valiant soldier: music and masculinity in a Black regiment
  • Moon rise: songs of loss, lament, and liberation in a Black regiment
  • Military "glory" or racial horror
  • Postlude: My Army cross over.

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