When the Church Becomes Your Party: Contemporary Gospel Music

by Deborah Smith Pollard, Annabeth Albert, Professor Deborah Smith Pollard

Book Overview

A look at the innovations of contemporary performers of modern gospel music and their roots in the African American Christian church.

In When the Church Becomes Your Party, author Deborah Smith Pollard assesses contemporary gospel music as the genre enters the twenty-first century. She argues that although the flashy clothing, informal language, and elaborate stage presentation found in some of the newest gospel music might not be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814332188
• ISBN13: 9780814332184
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"