In search of soul : hip-hop, literature, and religion

Resource Information

The work In search of soul : hip-hop, literature, and religion represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

In search of soul : hip-hop, literature, and religion

Title remainder

hip-hop, literature, and religion

Statement of responsibility

Alejandro Nava

Creator

• Nava, Alejandro, (Author on hip hop)

Author

• Nava, Alejandro, (Author on hip hop)

Subject

• Music -- 21st century -- Philosophy and aesthetics
• Soul -- Christianity
• Hip-hop -- Religious aspects | Christianity
• Soul in literature
• Soul -- Judaism
• Music -- 20th century -- Philosophy and aesthetics

Language

eng

Summary

"In Search of Soul explores the meaning of "soul" in sacred and profane incarnations, from its biblical origins to its central place in the rich traditions of black and Latin history. Surveying the work of writers, artists, poets, musicians, philosophers and theologians, Alejandro Nava shows how their understandings of the "soul" revolve around narratives of justice, liberation, and spiritual redemption. He contends that biblical traditions and hip-hop emerged out of experiences of dispossession and oppression. Whether born in the ghettos of America or of the Roman Empire, hip-hop and Christianity have endured by giving voice to the persecuted. This book offers a view of soul in living color, as a breathing, suffering, dreaming thing"--Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

CU-S/DLC

Dewey number

233/.5

Index

index present

LC call number

BT741.3

LC item number

.N38 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography