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More than precious memories : the rhetoric of Southern gospel music
- Title
- More than precious memories : the rhetoric of Southern gospel music / edited by Michael P. Graves and David Fillingim.
- Publication
- Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, [2004], ©2004.
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- Description
- 310 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "More than Precious Memories is the first book of its kind - a collection of essays offering scholarly analysis and interpretation of Southern Gospel Music. Believing Southern Gospel Music to be a significant cultural and religious phenomenon worthy of the best efforts of scholarship, Graves and Fillingim have assembled a diverse group of scholars who apply a variety of methods and theories to the task of understanding Southern Gospel Music and its cultural context."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Prelude : singing the glory down : what is Southern Gospel Music? / Don Cusic -- Introduction : more than "precious memories" / Michael P. Graves and David Fillingim -- 1. Looking for a city : the rhetorical vision of heaven in Southern Gospel Music / Scott Tucker -- 2. Oft made to wonder : Southern Gospel Music as theodicy / David Fillingim -- 3. Southern Gospel Music vs. contemporary Christian music : competing for the soul of Evangelicalism / Robert M. McManus -- 4. "When Mama prayed" : an exploration of matriarchial mentorship in Southern Gospel families / Darlene R. Graves -- 5. Bridge over troubled gospel waters : the cross-cultural appeal of Thomas A. Dorsey's signature songs / Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas and Stephanie Howard -- 6. The Gaither homecoming videos and the ceremonial reinstatement of Southern Gospel Music performers / Michael P. Graves -- 7. Evolving rivers of joy : postmodernity and American Christian culture / Raymond D. S. Anderson -- 8. Why do they love Southern Gospel Music? : an audience study of the Bill Gaither nostalgic concert video presentations / J. D. Keeler -- 9. Southern Gospel and its home in cyberspace / Paul A. Creasman -- 10. Polyphonic criticism : notes toward a future direction of SGM studies / Naaman Wood -- App. A flight from liminality : "home" in country and gospel music / David Fillingim.
- ISBN
- 0865548579 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004014592
- OCLC
- ocm55764215
- SCSB-5117181
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries