..., a black theologian, to become the first scholar to write on the spirituals and the blues as a whole. The book's first five chapters on the spirituals follow in the theological tradition of Howard Thurman's books, The Negro Speaks of Life and Death (1947) and Deep River: Refiections on the Religious...

... poor," who are perceived as nonproductive and therefore dispensable. I In such an emergency-in a volume entitled The Emergency of Black and the Emergence of Rap-the black scholar cannot afford to be separated from the black rapper, and vice versa. Neither can we allow the audiences of these two...

... on this musical idiom was a unique moment in the history of serious consideration of the spirituals, and it could be said that his pioneering work helped anticipate the discipline of theomusicology. However, scholars interested in Thurman's work on the spirituals are often hampered by an unfamiliarity with his...

... of scholars in musicology or ethnomusicology"? Another peer evaluator of my proposal argued that a thorough review of scholarship in related fields failed to show that a new musicological discipline is needed. The evaluator went on to say that the field of ethnomusicology already embraces interdisciplinary...

... on to say, "However we do join our long-haired strangers in condemning the current exponents of 'Blues' for asking us to accept, what they sell most easily, as 'music.' "2 White scholars, who began writing on the blues in the early 1960s, essentially gave these sentiments scholarly backing by critiquing...

..., in situating this project within recent examinations of the blues, points out the inability of white scholars to "capture the music's pervading ethos-its religious nature." Blues scholars were deceived by the so-called demonic or atheistic character of the blues. Spencer suggests that the intelligibility...

... provides an extensive bibliography, a list of recordings and related resources for each chapter, and a list of composers, record companies, and research centers. Although the author recommends this book for beginning scholars, seasoned scholars would also benefit greatly from her excellent research. Those...

... that a Duke Divinity School scholar views the popular singer as a "preacher" of sorts with his own brand of theology. "People tend to think of Prince as the personification of human pornography, and yet his music also 1. Durham Morning Herald, March 4, 1989, 2C. 2. Duke Dialogue, March rn, 1989, r. 3...

... excellent research skills and persistence in making use of the plethora of historical data now available. The threefold purpose of her book is the same today as it was in 197 3: (1) to pay tribute to Pan-African composers and their music; (2) to introduce beginning scholars to the music; and (3...

... is the "wheel-of-fire" in the music of the Negro in Africa and in the United States. Alas, the fire burns all but unattended. Harry T. Burleigh (1866-) is recognized as one of the greatest songwriters and music scholars ever identified with Negro song. As music 1. London, England, December I?, 1904...

... as an academic discipline" (r ). Whether or not academics wish to select the "Techno Humanities"-Popular Culture-as their field of research, the increasing presence and success of this "New and Practical Humanities" discipline has predisposed scholars to ideas that necessitate a re-examination of what...

... parent disciplines, anthropology. The same hesitancy to make the transition from historical exegesis to critical hermeneutics, where the scholar would make the research speak explicitly to what seems to be (based on the articles in Koskoff's book) a universal female longing for liberation from male <lorn...

... the transition from historical exegesis to critical hermeneutics, where the scholar would make the research speak explicitly to what seems to be !based on the articles in Koskoff's book) a universal female longing for liberation from male domination, characterizes Susan Auerbach's article, "From Singing...

... discipline" (r ). Whether or not academics wish to select the "Techno Humanities"-Popular Culture-as their field of research, the increasing presence and success of this "New and Practical Humanities" discipline has predisposed scholars to ideas that necessitate a re-examination of what traditionally has...

...Jon Michael Spencer Copyright © 1991 by Duke University Press 1991 Preface The focus of this reader of the complete writings of musician and scholar Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943) is African American sacred music. Important in the selection of Dett is his role as one of the leading...

... his Ph .D. in the Sociology of Religion at Duke University. Jon Michael Spencer, formerly an Assistant Professor of Music Composition and Theory at North Carolina Central University, is currently a Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar at Duke University. ...

..., and theology, a certain eros is to be found beneath the work. The understanding is easier if the scholar is honest in declaring his or her personal involvement in the subject. Let me give two examples from my personal experience that led me to my scholarly interest. When I was nineteen years old, I...

... relationship with God and is sung at most Black Catholic gatherings."9 Just as appropriate is the dedication of the hymnal to the renowned Black Catholic scholar Clarence Joseph Rivers. The dedication page reads: Renowned Liturgist and Musician Father Clarence Jos. Rivers. Ph.D. who paved the way...

.... These panics produced strange and troubling alliances, as when black studies programs were attacked by an odd coalition of old-school scholars of black history (who were wary of what they saw as a retreat from intellectual rigor to "seedy emotionalism") and right-wing reactionaries such as S. I. Hayakawa...

...-a fear reminiscent of the theory of the nineteenth-century French scholar J. A. Gobineau, who claimed that the black "female" races have historically been the seducers and corrupters of the white "male" races. 1 The reaction that rap engenders now in the nineties, however, suggests that there is a terror...