Hymns and Constructions of Race: Mobility, Agency, De/Coloniality
Hymns and Constructions of Race: Mobility, Agency, De/Coloniality
Hymns and Constructions of Race: Mobility, Agency, De/Coloniality examines how the hymn, historically and today, has reinforced, negotiated, and resisted constructions of race. It brings together diverse perspectives from musicology, ethnomusicology, theology, anthropology, performance studies, history, and postcolonial scholarship to show how the hymn has perpetuated, generated, and challenged racial identities.
The global range of contributors cover a variety of historical and geographical contexts, with case studies from China and Brazil to Suriname and South Africa. They explore the hymn as a product of imperialism and settler colonialism and as a vehicle for sonic oppression and/or resistance, within and beyond congregational settings. The volume contends that the lived tradition of hymn-singing, with its connections to centuries of global Christian mission, is a particularly apt lens for examining both local and global negotiations of race, power, and identity. It will be relevant for scholars interested in religion, music, race, and postcolonialism.
hymns, race, agency, coloniality, empire, resistance, Decolonial
Johnson-Williams, Erin
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Burnett, Philip
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7 February 2024
Johnson-Williams, Erin
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Burnett, Philip
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Johnson-Williams, Erin and Burnett, Philip
(eds.)
(2024)
Hymns and Constructions of Race: Mobility, Agency, De/Coloniality
(Congregational Music Studies Series),
Routledge, 274pp.
Abstract
Hymns and Constructions of Race: Mobility, Agency, De/Coloniality examines how the hymn, historically and today, has reinforced, negotiated, and resisted constructions of race. It brings together diverse perspectives from musicology, ethnomusicology, theology, anthropology, performance studies, history, and postcolonial scholarship to show how the hymn has perpetuated, generated, and challenged racial identities.
The global range of contributors cover a variety of historical and geographical contexts, with case studies from China and Brazil to Suriname and South Africa. They explore the hymn as a product of imperialism and settler colonialism and as a vehicle for sonic oppression and/or resistance, within and beyond congregational settings. The volume contends that the lived tradition of hymn-singing, with its connections to centuries of global Christian mission, is a particularly apt lens for examining both local and global negotiations of race, power, and identity. It will be relevant for scholars interested in religion, music, race, and postcolonialism.
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Published date: 7 February 2024
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hymns, race, agency, coloniality, empire, resistance, Decolonial
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Philip Burnett
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