Music Studies and Its Moment of Truth: Leading Change through America's Black Music Roots
Edward Sarath, "Music Studies and Its Moment of Truth: Leading Change through America's Black Music Roots "
English | ISBN: 1032119683 | 2023 | 132 pages | EPUB, PDF | 426 KB + 1481 KB
English | ISBN: 1032119683 | 2023 | 132 pages | EPUB, PDF | 426 KB + 1481 KB
Music Studies and Its Moment of Truth: Leading Change through America’s Black Music Roots presents a new framework for racial justice discourse in the context of music studies and education. Centering on Black American Music, the book issues challenges to both the conventional music studies paradigm and decades-old reform efforts.
While Black American Music ranks high among America’s contributions to world culture, and offers musicians powerful tools for musical practice and understanding, this musical legacy remains remarkably marginalized even in activist conversations. The author argues that this reflects lingering and unexamined racist patterns that persist even among the most fervent voices for anti-racist interventions, and addresses the need for a higher-order activist framework within music studies.
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