TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pinn,Anthony B.
TI  - Noise and spirit: the religious and spiritual sensibilities of rap music 
SN  - 0814766978 (alk. paper)
AV  - ML3531 .N65 2003
U1  - 782.421649 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Rap (Music)
KW  - Religious aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index; Introduction : Making a world with a beat : musical expression's relationship to religious identity and experience -- Rap and religious traditions. African American Christian rap : facing "truth" and resisting it / Garth Kasimu Baker-Fletcher. A jihad of words : the evolution of African American Islam and contemporary hip hop / Juan M. Floyd-Thomas. Rap, reggae, and religion : sounds of cultural dissonance / Noel Leo Erskine. "Handlin' my business" : exploring rap's humanist sensibilities / Anthony B. Pinn -- Rap and issues of "spirit" and "spirituality." Bringing noise, conjuring spirit : rap as spiritual practice / Mark Lewis Taylor. Rap as wrap and rapture : North American popular culture and the denial of death / James W. Perkinson. The spirit is willing and so is the flesh : the queen in hip hop culture / Leola A. Johnson -- Rap and the art of "theologizing." The rub : markets, morals, and the "theologizing" of music / William C. Banfield. Rap, religion, and new realities : the emergence of a religious discourse in rap music / Ralph C. Watkins
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip044/2003011888.html
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UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2003011888-d.html
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