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[A] book for our time that is right on time.

* Journal of Folklore Research *

[T]his book should inspire activists, scholars, and those who fall on both sides to conduct research globally on the topics explored, since anti-blackness is a worldwide issue. All people should know the depth of power music can spark in activists, scholarly and non-scholarly alike, and how music can mobilize significant change in the world.

* Western Folklore *

Table of Contents

Foreword / Portia K. Maultsby


Acknowledgments


Introduction to Black Lives Matter and Music: Protest, Intervention, Reflection / Fernando Orejuela


1. BlackMizzou: Music and Stories One Year Later / Stephanie Shonekan


2. Black Matters: Black Folk Studies and Black Campus Life Matters / Fernando Orejuela


3. Blackfolklifematters: SLABs and The Social Importance of Contemporary African American Folklife / Langston Collin Wilkins


4. BlackMusicMatters: Affirmation and Resilience in African American Musical Spaces in Washington, D.C. / Alison Martin


5. Black Detroit: Sonic Distortion Fuels Social Distortion / Denise Dalphond


Conclusion: Race, Place, and Pedagogy in the Black Lives Matter Era / Stephanie Shonekan


Index

Black Lives Matter and Music

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      Publisher Indiana University Press
      Published 10 August 2018
      ISBN-13 9780253038418
      978-0253038418
      ISBN-10 0253038413
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      Social and cultural history

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      [A] book for our time that is right on time.

      * Journal of Folklore Research *

      [T]his book should inspire activists, scholars, and those who fall on both sides to conduct research globally on the topics explored, since anti-blackness is a worldwide issue. All people should know the depth of power music can spark in activists, scholarly and non-scholarly alike, and how music can mobilize significant change in the world.

      * Western Folklore *

      Table of Contents

      Foreword / Portia K. Maultsby


      Acknowledgments


      Introduction to Black Lives Matter and Music: Protest, Intervention, Reflection / Fernando Orejuela


      1. BlackMizzou: Music and Stories One Year Later / Stephanie Shonekan


      2. Black Matters: Black Folk Studies and Black Campus Life Matters / Fernando Orejuela


      3. Blackfolklifematters: SLABs and The Social Importance of Contemporary African American Folklife / Langston Collin Wilkins


      4. BlackMusicMatters: Affirmation and Resilience in African American Musical Spaces in Washington, D.C. / Alison Martin


      5. Black Detroit: Sonic Distortion Fuels Social Distortion / Denise Dalphond


      Conclusion: Race, Place, and Pedagogy in the Black Lives Matter Era / Stephanie Shonekan


      Index

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