The Meaning of Soul: Black Music and Resilience since the 1960s
Emily J. Lordi
Duke University Press
Got soul? Lordi proposes a new understanding of this famously elusive concept. Breaking with prior understandings of soul as a vague masculinist political formation tethered to the Black power movement, Lordi offers a vision of soul that foregrounds the intricacies of musical craft, the complex personal and social meanings of the music, the dynamic movement of soul across time, and the leading role played by women.