Hymns and constructions of race

• Titel: Hymns and constructions of race
• Titelzusatz: mobility, agency, de/coloniality
• Mitwirkende: Johnson-Williams, Erin [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Burnett, Philip [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Erin Johnson-Williams and Philip Burnett
• Verlagsort: London ; New York
• Verlag: Routledge
• Jahr: 2024
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 258 Seiten)
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Notenbeispiele
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Congregational music studies
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-003-35667-7
• DOI: doi:10.4324/9781003356677
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Hymns and constructions of race. - New York, NY : Routledge, 2024. - volumes cm
• Sach-SW: RELIGION / General
• K10plus-PPN: 1882766024
• K10plus-PPN:
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• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

"Hymns and Race examines how the hymn, historically and today, has reinforced, negotiated, and resisted constructions of race. It brings together diverse perspectives from musicology, ethnomusicology, theology, anthropology, performance studies, history and postcolonial scholarship to show how the hymn has perpetuated, generated, and challenged racial identities. The global range of contributors cover a variety of historical and geographical contexts, with case studies from China and Brazil to Suriname and South Africa. They explore the hymn as a product of imperialism and settler colonialism, and as a vehicle for sonic oppression and/or resistance, within and beyond congregational settings. The volume contends that the lived tradition of hymn-singing, with its connections to centuries of global Christian mission, is a particularly apt lens for examining both local and global negotiations of race, power, and identity. It will be relevant for scholars interested in religion, music, race and postcolonialism"--