"Come through the water, come through the flood": black women's gospel practices and social critique
This article explores gospel music created by Black women as a form of protest that critiques social injustice. Using the tragic circumstances the 1927 Mississippi River Flood, the author argues that in the first half of the twentieth century the emergent gospel music became a vehicle through which...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Creighton University
2011
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The journal of religion & society
Year: 2011, Volume: 13 |
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Gospel Music
B African Americans; Religion B African Americans; Socio-economic conditions B African American Women B African Americans; History B Floods B Mississippi River |
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