Fire in My Bones: Transcendence and the Holy Spirit in African American Gospel

(Part of the Contemporary Ethnography Series)

by Glenn Hinson

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Glenn Hinson focuses on a single gospel program and offers a major contribution to our understanding not just of gospel but of the nature of religious experience.

A key feature of African American performance is the layering of performative voices and the constant shifting of performative focus. To capture this layering, Hinson demonstrates how all the parts of the gospel program work together to shape a single whole, joining speech and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0812217179

ISBN13:9780812217179

Release Date:December 1999

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press

Length:424 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.9" x 8.7"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Arts, Music & Photography Cultural Education & Reference Gospel Music Musical Genres Politics & Social Sciences Reference Religious & Sacred Music

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