Platinum age of gospel, the: the years when crossover music changed everything
Auteur :
Barron, Charrise
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674303249
Date de publication :
17 nov. 2026
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Gospel music has long shaped and reflected Black Americans’ striving toward freedom. But in the 1990s, influenced by megachurches and new theological trends, gospel artists largely discarded political themes. The result, Charrise Barron shows, was mass-market success—at the cost of gospel’s historical role as a prophetic voice against injustice.