{"product_id":"anthem-shana-l-redmond-9780814789322","title":"Anthem: Social Movements and the Sound of Solidarity in the African Diaspora","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor people of African descent, music constitutes a unique domain of expression. From traditional West African drumming to South African kwaito, from spirituals to hip-hop, Black life and history has been dynamically displayed and contested through sound. Shana Redmond excavates the sonic histories of these communities through a genre emblematic of Black solidarity and citizenship: anthems. An interdisciplinary cultural history, \u003ci\u003eAnthem\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how this \"sound franchise\" contributed to the growth and mobilization of the modern, Black citizen. Providing new political frames and aesthetic articulations for protest organizations and activist-musicians, Redmond reveals the anthem as a crucial musical form following World War I. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with the premise that an analysis of the composition, performance, and uses of Black anthems allows for a more complex reading of racial and political formations within the twentieth century, Redmond expands our understanding of how and why diaspora was a formative conceptual and political framework of modern Black identity. By tracing key compositions and performances around the world-- from James Weldon Johnson's \"Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing\" that mobilized the NAACP to Nina Simone's \"To Be Young, Gifted \u0026amp; Black\" which became the Black National Anthem of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)-- \u003ci\u003eAnthem\u003c\/i\u003e develops a robust recording of Black social movements in the twentieth century that will forever alter the way you hear race and nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shana L. Redmond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814789323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814789322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2014","brand":"Shana L. Redmond","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086926885119,"sku":"9780814789322","price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f3cff83-2d06-4a16-b54f-8b6f32b5e91f.jpg?v=1769097328","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/anthem-shana-l-redmond-9780814789322","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}