{"product_id":"feenin-9781478020318","title":"Feenin","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Ghedi Weheliye traces R\u0026amp;B music’s continued relevance for Black life since the late 1970s, showing how it remains a thriving venue for the continued expression of Black thought and life and a primary archive of the contemporary moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This cutting-edge book demonstrates the work of a thinker who has devoted a great deal of research and care to the study of the sonic, historiographic, and aesthetic consequences of Blackness. Alexander Ghedi Weheliye’s concentration on the rich concurrences of Blackness and R\u0026amp;B is a true blessing. Deftly mapping out new avenues of critical pursuit devoted to the art of Blackness, \u003ci\u003eFeenin\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning work.” -- Michael Boyce Gillespie, author of * Film Blackness: American Cinema and the Idea of Black Film *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFeenin\u003c\/i\u003e is less a collection of essays and more a playlist of Alexander Ghedi Weheliye’s greatest hits. It assembles a series of captivating essays that register the complex sonic frequencies of Black life with resounding effect. The ‘tracks’ gathered here demonstrate the force of Weheliye’s incisive theorizing and its profound contribution to sounding the rhythm, vibes, and groove of Black studies in the ‘forceful fullness of the Now.’” -- Tina M. Campt, Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor of Humanities, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrack 0.0  Good Days: R\u0026amp;B Music and Critical Fabulation in the Frequencies of Now  1\u003cbr\u003e Track 1.0  Engendering \u003ci\u003ePhonographies\u003c\/i\u003e: Sonic Technologies of Blackness \/ \u003ci\u003eA Response to Tavia Nyong’o\u003c\/i\u003e  23\u003cbr\u003e Track 2.0  “Feenin\": Posthuman Voices in R\u0026amp;B Music  37\u003cbr\u003e Track 3.0  Rhythms of Relation: Black Popular Music and Mobile Technologies  75\u003cbr\u003e Interlude 1. Calling My Phone  98\u003cbr\u003e Track 4.0  My Volk to Come: Specters of Peoplehood in Diaspora Discourse and Afro-German Popular Music  100\u003cbr\u003e Track 5.0   “White Brothers with No Soul\": UnTuning the Historiography of Berlin Techno \/ \u003ci\u003eInterview with Annie Goh\u003c\/i\u003e  121\u003cbr\u003e Interlude 2. Don't Take It Away  135\u003cbr\u003e Track 6.0  New Waves, Shifting Terrains: Prince’s and David Bowie’s Transatlantic Crossovers  140\u003cbr\u003e Interlude 3. \u003ci\u003e#BeyondDeepBrandyAlbumCuts\u003c\/i\u003e  153\u003cbr\u003e Track 7.0   “Sounding That Precarious Existence\": On R\u0026amp;B Music, Technology, and Blackness \/ \u003ci\u003eAn Interview with Nehal El-Hadi\u003c\/i\u003e  158\u003cbr\u003e Track 8.0   “Scream My Name Like a Protest\": R\u0026amp;B Music as BlackFem Technology of Humanity in the Age of #Blacklivesmatter  178\u003cbr\u003e Interlude 4. Songify Your Life  198\u003cbr\u003e Track 9.0  808s and Heartbreak \/ Alexander Ghedi Weheliye and Katherine McKittrick  201\u003cbr\u003e Track 10.0  Wayward Shuddering, Beautiful Tremors (AGW's Quiet Storm Remix)  237\u003cbr\u003e Sources  245\u003cbr\u003e Index  275","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409013612887,"sku":"9781478020318","price":75.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478020318.jpg?v=1730505092","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/feenin-9781478020318","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}