Destructive Desires – Rhythm and Blues Culture and the Politics of Racial Equal…

Destructive DesiresRhythm and Blues Culture and the Politics of Racial Equality\nAuthor(s): Robert J. Patterson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9781978803596, 978-1978803596\nSynopsis\nDespite rhythm and blues cultures undeniable role in molding, reflecting, and reshaping black cultural production, consciousness, and politics, it has yet to receive the serious scholarly examination it deserves. Destructive Desires corrects this omission by analyzing how post-Civil Rights era rhythm and blues culture articulates competing and conflicting political, social, familial, and economic desires within and for African American communities. As an important form of black cultural production, rhythm and blues music helps us to understand black political and cultural desires and longings in light of neo-liberalisms increased codification in Americas racial politics and policies since the 1970s. Robert J. Patterson p.