{"product_id":"country-soul-making-music-and-making-race-in-the-american-south-9781469633428","title":"Country Soul  Making Music and Making Race in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the sound of the 1960s and 1970s, nothing symbolized the rift between black and white America better than the seemingly divided genres of country and soul. Yet the music emerged from the same songwriters, musicians, and producers in the recording studios of Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee, and Muscle Shoals, Alabama - what Charles L. Hughes calls the “country-soul triangle”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA valuable corrective to the misleading renderings so often encountered in the literature about the period and in the popular imagination.\"\" -\u003ci\u003eMemphis Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the apparent spaces of racial harmony in the country-soul triangle.-\u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn essential piece of Southern musical history.-\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA powerful work.-\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn eye-opening corrective to notions of racial harmony in the recording studio or on the bandstand.\"\" -\u003ci\u003eMemphis Flyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith its courageous, thoroughly researched, and deeply considered take on the racial politics of the southern music industry in a pivotal period for not just the music but the South and the nation at large, \u003ci\u003eCountry Soul\u003c\/i\u003e claims its own essential place in the telling of that messy history.-\u003ci\u003ePaste\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis carefully researched study...presents interesting insights into the music and racial politics of a turbulent era.-\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry Soul\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent place to begin a more honest accounting of this golden era.-\u003ci\u003ePitchfork Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating read on many levels.-\u003ci\u003eStillwater News Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry Soul\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable addition to the literature on southern music, black and white.-\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\"\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA deep, fresh examination of various power relations involved in the making of soul music, country music, and the sonic space between them.-\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring th[e] contradiction between universalism and racial particularism [in musical genres] gives . . . \u003ci\u003eCountry Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, its power and insight.-\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50041301270871,"sku":"9781469633428","price":29.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781469633428.jpg?v=1740181691","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/country-soul-making-music-and-making-race-in-the-american-south-9781469633428","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}