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"Nava has produced an interpretive angle on the study of hip-hop not seen before. It provides a perspective that challenges the notion that hip-hop music has never been religious." * America *
"This is a thoroughly insightful and informative volume on the meaning of “soul” through the lens of literary analysis, music, and religion." * Horizons in Biblical Theology *

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction

PART ONE: SACRED HISTORIES OF THE SOUL

1 In Search of Soul
2 On Hebrew Soul: De Eloquentia Vulgaria
3 Christian Soul and the Revolt of the Slave

PART TWO: PROFANE ACCENTS OF SOUL

4 In Search of Duende: Lorca on Spanish Soul
5 The Souls of Black Folk: Ralph Ellison’s Tragicomic Portrait
6 From Soul to Hip-Hop: The Rise of the Apocalypse
7 Afro-Latin Soul and Hip-Hop

Notes
Index

In Search of Soul HipHop Literature and Religion

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/09/2017
      ISBN13: 9780520293540, 978-0520293540
      ISBN10: 0520293541

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "Nava has produced an interpretive angle on the study of hip-hop not seen before. It provides a perspective that challenges the notion that hip-hop music has never been religious." * America *
      "This is a thoroughly insightful and informative volume on the meaning of “soul” through the lens of literary analysis, music, and religion." * Horizons in Biblical Theology *

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments
      Abbreviations
      Introduction

      PART ONE: SACRED HISTORIES OF THE SOUL

      1 In Search of Soul
      2 On Hebrew Soul: De Eloquentia Vulgaria
      3 Christian Soul and the Revolt of the Slave

      PART TWO: PROFANE ACCENTS OF SOUL

      4 In Search of Duende: Lorca on Spanish Soul
      5 The Souls of Black Folk: Ralph Ellison’s Tragicomic Portrait
      6 From Soul to Hip-Hop: The Rise of the Apocalypse
      7 Afro-Latin Soul and Hip-Hop

      Notes
      Index

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