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Lyrics of the Afro-American Spiritual: A Documentary Collection - The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Black Music
Erskine Peters
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Lyrics of the Afro-American Spiritual: A Documentary Collection - The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Black Music
Erskine Peters
Under the rubric spirituals are subsumed sorrow songs, jubilee songs, shout songs, chants, homilies, mantras, affirmations, and collective, personal, and historical allegories.
Publisher Marketing: Spirituals tell the story of an embattled people, while presenting a theology of salvation. This research collection contains lyrics of 978 spirituals, culled from numerous sources. The songs are organized in nine thematic categories. A general index provides access to topics and themes.
Contributor Bio: Peters, Erskine ERSKINE PETERS is Professor of English and African-American Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 20, 1993 |
| ISBN13 | 9780313262388 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Pages | 480 |
| Dimensions | 216 × 279 × 27 mm · 1.50 kg |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Peters, Erskine |
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