Then Sings My Soul : The Culture of Southern Gospel Music.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (250 pages)
- Music in American Life Series .
- Music in American Life Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Native Informant's Report from the Field -- 1. Glory Bumps -- or, The Psychodynamics of the Southern Gospel Experience -- 2. Nostalgia, Modernity, and the Reconstruction Roots of Southern Gospel -- 3. The Rise of "Southern" Gospel Music and the Compensations of History -- 4. The Gaitherization of Contemporary Southern Gospel -- 5. Southern Gospel in the Key of Queer -- Epilogue: The Soul's Best Song -- Appendix A: Songs Referenced -- Appendix B: Methods and Preliminary Findings of a Survey of Attitudes and Beliefs about Southern Go -- Notes -- Index -- back cover.
9780252094095
Gospel music--Southern States--History and criticism. Popular culture--Religious aspects.