{"product_id":"souled-american-how-black-music-transformed-white-culture-9780823084043","title":"Souled American: How Black Music Transformed White Culture","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSouled American: How Black Music Transformed White Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e by Phinney, Kevin. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780823084043.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Jim Crow to Eminem, white culture has been transformed\nby black music. To be so influenced by the boundless\nimagination of a race brought to America in chains sets\nup a fascinating irony, and Souled American, an ambitious\nand comprehensive look at race relations as seen through\nthe prism of music, examines that irony fearlessly—with\nilluminating results. Tracing a direct line from plantation field\nhollers to gangsta rap, author Kevin Phinney explains how\nblacks and whites exist in a constant tug-of-war as they\ncreate, re-create, and claim each phase of popular music.\nMeticulously researched, the book includes dozens of exclusive\ncelebrity interviews that reveal the day-to-day struggles\nand triumphs of sharing the limelight. Unique, intriguing,\nSouled American should be required reading for every\nAmerican interested in music, in history,\nor in healing our country’s troubled\nrace relations.\n\n• Combines social history and pop culture\nto reveal how jazz, blues, soul, country,\nand hip-hop have developed\n\n• Includes interviews with Ray Charles,\nWillie Nelson, B. B. King, David Byrne,\nSly Stone, Donna Summer, Bonnie Raitt,\nand dozens more\n\n• Confronts questions of race and finds\nmeaningful answers\n\n• Ideal for Black History Month\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Billboard Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964046897205,"sku":"ByrdShop_0823084043","price":83.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780823084043_ad527cdf-ca93-4320-b54b-4f10624724d9.jpg?v=1781420502","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/souled-american-how-black-music-transformed-white-culture-9780823084043","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}