King's Vibrato: Modernism, Blackness, and the Sonic Life of Martin Luther King Jr. - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478018407ISBN-10:1478018402UPC:9781478018407Book Category:Social Science, Religion, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, Christian Ministry, Civil RightsBook Topic:American, PreachingSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.77 inchesWeight:1.0913Product ID:SC9ZPNNTXF
King's Vibrato: Modernism, Blackness, and the Sonic Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
In King's Vibrato Maurice O. Wallace explores the sonic character of Martin Luther King Jr.'s voice and its power to move the world. Providing a cultural history and critical theory of the black modernist soundscapes that helped inform King's vocal timbre, Wallace shows how the qualities of King's voice depended on a mix of ecclesial architecture and acoustics, musical instrumentation and sound...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478018407ISBN-10:1478018402UPC:9781478018407Book Category:Social Science, Religion, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, Christian Ministry, Civil RightsBook Topic:American, PreachingSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.77 inchesWeight:1.0913Product ID:SC9ZPNNTXF
Maurice O. Wallace is Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, author of Constructing the Black Masculine: Identity and Ideality in African American Men's Literature and Culture, 1775-1995, and coeditor of Pictures of Progress: Early Photography and the Making of African American Identity, both also published by Duke University Press.
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