{"product_id":"9780674292208-liner-notes-for-the-revolution","title":"Liner Notes for the Revolution","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiner Notes for the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e offers a startling new perspective on Black women musicians from Bessie Smith to Beyoncé. Informed by the overlooked contributions of women who wrote about the blues, rock, and pop, Daphne A. Brooks argues that acclaimed entertainers have also been radical intellectuals, challenging the culture industry to catch up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award, Rock \u0026amp; Roll Hall of Fame\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the PEN Oakland–Josephine Miles Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the MAAH Stone Book Award\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/i\u003e Best Music Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e Best Music Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Summer Read\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brooks traces all kinds of lines…inviting voices to talk to one another, seeing what different perspectives can offer, opening up new ways of looking and listening.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A wide-ranging study of Black female artists, from elders like Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters to Beyoncé and Janelle Monáe…Connecting the sonic worlds of Black female mythmakers and truth-tellers.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A gloriously polyphonic book.”\u003cbr\u003e—Margo Jefferson, author of \u003ci\u003eNegroland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow is it possible that iconic artists like Aretha Franklin and Beyoncé can be both at the center and on the fringe of the culture industry? Daphne Brooks explores more than a century of music archives to bring to life the critics, collectors, and listeners who have shaped our perceptions of Black women both on stage and in the recording studio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiner Notes for the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e offers a startling new perspective, informed by the overlooked contributions of other Black women artists. We discover Zora Neale Hurston as a sound archivist and performer, Lorraine Hansberry as a queer feminist critic of modern culture, and Pauline Hopkins as America’s first Black female cultural commentator. Brooks tackles the complicated racial politics of blues music recording, song collecting, and rock and roll criticism in this long overdue celebration of Black women musicians as radical intellectuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40733513842785,"sku":"9780674292208","price":21.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41162397_213ba82e-1d76-4fcb-a7ea-d905bdc7f74f.jpg?v=1778128467","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674292208-liner-notes-for-the-revolution","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}