The Resource The grey album : on the blackness of blackness, Kevin Young
The grey album : on the blackness of blackness, Kevin Young
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The item The grey album : on the blackness of blackness, Kevin Young represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item The grey album : on the blackness of blackness, Kevin Young represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Taking its title from Danger Mouse's pioneering mash-up of Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles' The White Album, Kevin Young's encyclopedic book combines essay, cultural criticism, and lyrical chorus to illustrate the African American tradition of lying--telling tales, fibbing, improvising, jazzing up, "storying." What emerges is a persuasive argument for the many ways that African American culture is American culture, and for the centrality of art--and artfulness--to our daily lives. Moving from gospel to soul, funk to freestyle, Young shifts through the shadows, the bootleg, the remix--all the grey areas of our history, literature, and music."--P. [4] of cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 483 p.
- Contents
-
- Overture
- bk. 1. Elsewhere. The shadow book
- How not to be a slave : on the Black art of escape
- Chorus one : steal away : slavery and its discontents
- bk. 2. Strange fruit. Broken tongue : Paul Laurence Dunbar, his descendants, and the dance of dialect
- Chorus two : it don't mean a thing : the blues mask of modernism
- "If you can't read, run anyhow!" : Langston Hughes and the poetics of refusal
- bk. 3. Heaven is Negro. Chorus three : ugly beauty : postmodernism and all that jazz
- Broken giraffe : Bob Kaufman, the song, and the silence
- Chorus four : moanin' : soul music and the power of pleasure
- bk. 4. Cosmic slop. Interstellar space : toward a post-soul poetics
- Final chorus : Planet Rock : the end of the record: The third coming ; 100 guns ; 36 chambers ; 99 problems
- Deadism
- Isbn
- 9781555976071
- Label
- The grey album : on the blackness of blackness
- Title
- The grey album
- Title remainder
- on the blackness of blackness
- Statement of responsibility
- Kevin Young
- Title variation
- On the blackness of blackness
- Subject
-
- African American arts
- African Americans -- Music
- African Americans -- Music | History and criticism
- African Americans -- Social life and customs
- African Americans -- Social life and customs
- African Americans in popular culture
- African Americans in popular culture
- American literature -- African American authors
- American literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
- African American arts
- Kultur
- Music -- Social aspects
- Music -- Social aspects
- Schwarze
- Storytelling
- Storytelling
- USA
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Taking its title from Danger Mouse's pioneering mash-up of Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles' The White Album, Kevin Young's encyclopedic book combines essay, cultural criticism, and lyrical chorus to illustrate the African American tradition of lying--telling tales, fibbing, improvising, jazzing up, "storying." What emerges is a persuasive argument for the many ways that African American culture is American culture, and for the centrality of art--and artfulness--to our daily lives. Moving from gospel to soul, funk to freestyle, Young shifts through the shadows, the bootleg, the remix--all the grey areas of our history, literature, and music."--P. [4] of cover
- Awards note
- Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, 2010.
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1970-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Young, Kevin
- Dewey number
- 814.54
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- NX512.3.A35
- LC item number
- Y68 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- African American arts
- American literature
- African Americans
- African Americans in popular culture
- Music
- African Americans
- Storytelling
- African American arts
- African Americans in popular culture
- African Americans
- African Americans
- American literature
- Music
- Storytelling
- Kultur
- Schwarze
- USA
- Label
- The grey album : on the blackness of blackness, Kevin Young
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Overture -- bk. 1. Elsewhere. The shadow book -- How not to be a slave : on the Black art of escape -- Chorus one : steal away : slavery and its discontents -- bk. 2. Strange fruit. Broken tongue : Paul Laurence Dunbar, his descendants, and the dance of dialect -- Chorus two : it don't mean a thing : the blues mask of modernism -- "If you can't read, run anyhow!" : Langston Hughes and the poetics of refusal -- bk. 3. Heaven is Negro. Chorus three : ugly beauty : postmodernism and all that jazz -- Broken giraffe : Bob Kaufman, the song, and the silence -- Chorus four : moanin' : soul music and the power of pleasure -- bk. 4. Cosmic slop. Interstellar space : toward a post-soul poetics -- Final chorus : Planet Rock : the end of the record: The third coming ; 100 guns ; 36 chambers ; 99 problems -- Deadism
- Control code
- ocn740628824
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 483 p.
- Isbn
- 9781555976071
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2011944858
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781555976071
- (OCoLC)740628824
- Label
- The grey album : on the blackness of blackness, Kevin Young
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Overture -- bk. 1. Elsewhere. The shadow book -- How not to be a slave : on the Black art of escape -- Chorus one : steal away : slavery and its discontents -- bk. 2. Strange fruit. Broken tongue : Paul Laurence Dunbar, his descendants, and the dance of dialect -- Chorus two : it don't mean a thing : the blues mask of modernism -- "If you can't read, run anyhow!" : Langston Hughes and the poetics of refusal -- bk. 3. Heaven is Negro. Chorus three : ugly beauty : postmodernism and all that jazz -- Broken giraffe : Bob Kaufman, the song, and the silence -- Chorus four : moanin' : soul music and the power of pleasure -- bk. 4. Cosmic slop. Interstellar space : toward a post-soul poetics -- Final chorus : Planet Rock : the end of the record: The third coming ; 100 guns ; 36 chambers ; 99 problems -- Deadism
- Control code
- ocn740628824
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 483 p.
- Isbn
- 9781555976071
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2011944858
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781555976071
- (OCoLC)740628824
Subject
- African American arts
- African Americans -- Music
- African Americans -- Music | History and criticism
- African Americans -- Social life and customs
- African Americans -- Social life and customs
- African Americans in popular culture
- African Americans in popular culture
- American literature -- African American authors
- American literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
- African American arts
- Kultur
- Music -- Social aspects
- Music -- Social aspects
- Schwarze
- Storytelling
- Storytelling
- USA
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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