The Funk Era and Beyond: New Perspectives on Black Popular Culture (Signs of Race)

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, literature, and visual art as a whole. Prelude From The Funkmaster. Sly Stone And The Sanctified Church / Mark Anthony Neal -- Introduction. Theorizing The Funk : An Introduction / Tony Bolden -- Inside The Funk Shop : Writings On The Funk Band Era. A Philosophy Of Funk : The Politics And Pleasure Of A Parliafunkadelicment Thang! / Amy Nathan Wright ; James Brown : Icon Of Black Power / Rickey Vincent ; A Land Of Funk : Dayton, Ohio / Scot Brown ; From The Crib To The Coliseum : An Interview With Bootsy Collins / Thomas Sayers Ellis -- Impressions : Funkativity And Visual Art. 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 ; Good Morning Blues : Gordon Parks Imagines Leadbelly / Maurice Bryan ; Shine2.0 : Aaron Mcgruder’s Huey Freeman As Contemporary Folk Hero / Howard Rambsy Ii -- Funkintelechy : (re)cognizing Black Writing. Alabama / Aldon Nielsen ; Jazz Aesthetics And The Revision Of Myth In Leon Forrest’s There Is A Tree More Ancient Than Eden / Dana Williams ; Living The Funk : Lifestyle, Lyricism, And Lessons In Modern And Contemporary Art Of Black Women / Carmen Phelps ; Cultural Memory In Zora Neale Hurston's Mules And Men / Ondra Krouse-dismukes -- Imagine That : Fonky Blues Rockin And Rollin. Funkin' With Bach : The Impact Of Professor Longhair On Rock 'n' Roll / Cheryl L. Keyes ; Blue/funk As Political Philosophy : The Poetry Of Gil Scott-heron / Tony Bolden. Edited By Tony Bolden. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Sly Stone and the Sanctified Church....Pages 3-9 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 Theorizing the Funk: An Introduction....Pages 13-29 Front Matter....Pages 31-31 A Philosophy of Funk: The Politics and Pleasure of a Parliafunkadelicment Thang!....Pages 33-50 James Brown: Icon of Black Power....Pages 51-72 A Land of Funk: Dayton, Ohio....Pages 73-88 From The Crib to the Coliseum: An Interview with Bootsy Collins....Pages 89-103 Front Matter....Pages 105-105 Cane Fields, Blues Text-ure: An Improvisational Meditation on Jean Toomer’s Cane and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Undiscovered Genius of the Mississippi Delta....Pages 107-124 Good Morning Blues: Gordon Parks Imagines Leadbelly....Pages 125-142 Shine2.0: Aaron Mcgruder’s Huey Freeman as Contemporary Folk Hero....Pages 143-158 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 Alabama....Pages 161-170 Jazz Aesthetics and the Revision of Myth in Leon Forrest’s There is a Tree More Ancient Than Eden....Pages 171-182 Living the Funk: Lifestyle, Lyricism, and Lessons in Modern and Contemporary Art of Black Women....Pages 183-191 Cultural Memory in Zora Neale Hurston’s Mules and Men....Pages 193-209 Front Matter....Pages 211-211 Funkin’ With Bach: The Impact of Professor Longhair on Rock ‘N’ Roll....Pages 213-226 Blue/Funk as Political Philosophy: The Poetry of Gil Scott-Heron....Pages 227-244 Back Matter....Pages 245-262 Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Series 3 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Series Editors’ Preface 8 I Prelude from the Funkmaster 11 1 Sly Stone and the Sanctified Church 12 II Introduction 19 2 Theorizing the Funk: An Introduction 20 III Inside the Funk Shop: Writings on the Funk Band Era 37 3 A Philosophy of Funk: The Politics and Pleasure of a Parliafunkadelicment Thang! 38 4 James Brown: Icon of Black Power 56 5 A Land of Funk: Dayton, Ohio 78 6 From the Crib to the Coliseum: An Interview with Bootsy Collins 94 IV Impressions: Funkativity and Visual Art 109 7 Cane Fields, Blues Text-ure: An Improvisational Meditation on Jean Toomer’s Cane and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s of The mississippi delta 110 8 Good Morning Blues: Gordon Parks Imagines Leadbelly 128 9 Shine2.0: Aaron McGruder’s Huey Freeman as Contemporary Folk Hero 146 V Funkintelechy: (Re)cognizing Black Writing 162 10 Alabama 163 11 Jazz Aesthetics and the Revision of Myth in Leon Forrest’s THERE IS A TREE MORE ANCIENT THAN EDEN 173 12 Living the Funk: Lifestyle, Lyricism, and Lessons in Modern and Contemporary Art of Black Women 185 13 Cultural Memory in Zora Neale Hurston’s MULES AND MEN 194 VI Imagine That: Fonky Blues Rockin and Rollin 211 14. Funkin’ with Bach: The Impact of Professor Longhair on Rock ‘n’ Roll 212 15. Blue/Funk as Political Philosophy: The Poetry of Gil Scott-Heron 226 Contributors 244 Index 247 Sly Stone and the Sanctified church / Mark Anthony Neal Theorizing the funk : an introduction / Tony Bolden A philosophy of funk : the politics and pleasure of a Parliafunkadelicment thang! / Amy Nathan Wright James Brown : icon of Black power / Rickey Vincent A land of funk : Dayton, Ohio / Scot Brown From the crib to the Coliseum : an interview with Bootsy Collins / Thomas Sayers Ellis 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 Good morning blues : Gordon Parks imagines Leadbelly / Maurice L. Bryan Jr. Shine2.0 : Aaron McGruder's Huey Freeman as contemporary folk hero / Howard Rambsy II Alabama / Aldon Lynn Nielsen Jazz aesthetics and the revision of myth in Leon Forrest's There is a tree more ancient than Eden / Dana A. Williams Living the funk : lifestyle, lyricism, and lessons in modern contemporary art of Black women / Carmen Phelps Cultural memory in Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and men / Ondra Krouse-Dismukes Funkin' with Bach : the impact of Professor Longhair on rock 'n' roll / Cheryl L. Keyes Blue/funk as political philosophy : the poetry of Gil Scott-Heron / Tony Bolden.