Sounding Like a No No Queer Sounds and Eccentric Acts in the Post Soul Era

Sounding Like a No-No traces a rebellious spirit in post-civil rights black music by focusing on a range of offbeat, eccentric, queer, or slippery performances by leading musicians influenced by the cultural changes brought about by the civil rights, black nationalist, feminist, and LGBTQ movements,...

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Main Author: Royster, Francesca (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 2012
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