In Search of Soul

Hip-Hop, Literature, and Religion

Alejandro Nava

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English

University of California Press
12 September 2017

Religion & beliefs

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.

By: Alejandro Nava
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780520293533
ISBN 10: 0520293533
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 12 September 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction PART ONE: SACRED HISTORIES OF THE SOUL 1 In Search of Soul 2 On Hebrew Soul: De Eloquentia Vulgaria 3 Christian Soul and the Revolt of the Slave PART TWO: PROFANE ACCENTS OF SOUL 4 In Search of Duende: Lorca on Spanish Soul 5 The Souls of Black Folk: Ralph Ellison’s Tragicomic Portrait 6 From Soul to Hip-Hop: The Rise of the Apocalypse 7 Afro-Latin Soul and Hip-Hop Notes Index

Alejandro Nava is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Arizona and author of Wonder and Exile in the New World and The Mystical and Prophetic Thought of Simone Weil and Gustavo Gutierrez.

Reviews for In Search of Soul: Hip-Hop, Literature, and Religion

Nava has produced an interpretive angle on the study of hip-hop not seen before. It provides a perspective that challenges the notion that hip-hop music has never been religious. * America * This is a thoroughly insightful and informative volume on the meaning of soul through the lens of literary analysis, music, and religion. * Horizons in Biblical Theology *