The Funk Era and Beyond New Perspectives on Black Popular Culture
The Funk Era and Beyond is the first scholarly collection to discuss the significance of funk music in America. Contributors employ a multitude of methodologies to examine this unique musical genre's relationship to African American culture and to music,
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SIGNS OF RACE Series Editors: Phillip D. Beidler and Gary Taylor Writing Race across the Atlantic World: Medieval to Modern Edited by Phillip D. Beidler and Gary Taylor (January 2005) Buying Whiteness: Race, Culture, and Identity from Columbus to Hip-Hop By Gary Taylor (January 2005) English and Ethnicity Edited by Janina Brutt-Griffler and Catherine Evans Davies (December 2006) Women & Others: Perspectives on Race, Gender, and Empire Edited by Celia R. Daileader, Rhoda E. Johnson, and Amilcar Shabazz (September 2007) The Funk Era and Beyond: New Perspectives on Black Popular Culture Edited by Tony Bolden (August 2008) Race and Nature from Transcendentalism to the Harlem Renaissance By Paul Outka (August 2008)
Th e Fu n k E r a a n d Be yon d Ne w P e r spec t i v es on Bl ac k Popu l a r C u lt u r e
E d ited by Tony B ol den
Palgrave macmillan
THE FUNK ERA AND BEYOND
Copyright © Tony Bolden, 2008. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2008 978-0-312-29607-0 All rights reserved. First published in 2008 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the US—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-0-312-29608-7 ISBN 978-0-230-61453-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-0-230-61453-6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: August 2008 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Transferred to digital printing in 2009.
C on t e n t s
Series Editors’ Preface Phillip D. Beidler and Gary Taylor
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I Prelude from the Funkmaster 1 Sly Stone and the Sanctified Church Mark Anthony Neal
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II Introduction 2 Theorizing the Funk: An Introduction Tony Bolden
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III Inside the Funk Shop: Writings on the Funk Band Era 3 A Philosophy of Funk: The Politics and Pleasure of a Parliafunkadelicment Thang! Amy Nathan Wright
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4 James Brown: Icon of Black Power Rickey Vincent
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5 A Land of Funk: Dayton, Ohio Scot Brown
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6 From the Crib to the Coliseum: An Interview with Bootsy Collins Thomas Sayers Ellis
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IV Impressions: Funkativity and Visual Art 7 Cane Fields, Blues Text-ure: An Improvisational Meditation on Jean Toomer’s Cane and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Undiscovered Genius of the Mississippi Delta Karen Ohnesorge
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8 Good Morning Blues: Gordon Parks Imagines Leadbelly Maurice L. Bryan Jr.
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9 Shine2.0: Aaron McGruder’s Huey Freeman as Contemporary Folk Hero Howard Rambsy II
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V Funkintelechy:
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