Destructive desires : rhythm and blues culture and the politics of racial equality / Robert J. Patterson.
| Author/creator |
Patterson, Robert J., 1980- |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2019] |
| Description | xiii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Contents | Preface : RJP and the rhythm and blues imagination -- Introduction : (Re)Reading destructive desires and cultural longings in post-Civil Rights Era rhythm and blues culture, life, and politics -- Reading race, gender, and sex : Black intimate relations, black inequality, and the rhythm and blues imagination -- "Whip appeal" : Reading Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds -- "Freak like me" : Reading Adina Howard -- "Didn't we almost have it all?" : Reading Whitney Houston -- Epilogue : "It's just another sad love song" : Reading Toni Braxton -- Appendices. Select list of Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds's song ; Select awards and honors ; Robert J. Patterson interviews Adina Houston. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018027677 |
| ISBN | 9781978803596 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781978803589 paperback |
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