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Art and Culture

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I Hear a Symphony

Motown and Crossover R&B

By Andrew Flory
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music, American Studies, African American Studies
Series: Tracking Pop

Investigates how the music of Motown Records functioned as the center of the company’s creative and economic impact worldwide

Butch Queens Up in Pumps

Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit

By Marlon M. Bailey
Subjects: Sexuality Studies, American Studies, African American Studies, Theater and Performance, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Dance
Series: Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance

20 years after Paris Is Burning, a rare look at Ballroom culture—from the inside

Dameronia

The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron

By Paul Combs
Subjects: African American Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music, Jazz, Biography
Series: Jazz Perspectives

The first authoritative biography of jazz great Tadd Dameron

Rhythms of the Afro-Atlantic World

Rituals and Remembrances

Edited by Ifeoma C.K. Nwankwo & Mamadou Diouf
Subjects: African American Studies, Caribbean Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music, Ethnomusicology, African Studies

Collected essays exploring the origins and evolution of music and dance in Afro-Atlantic culture

Soul Music

Tracking the Spiritual Roots of Pop from Plato to Motown

By Joel Rudinow
Subjects: African American Studies, American Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music, Philosophy
Series: Tracking Pop

A meditative exploration of the essence of soul in popular music

Delightfulee

The Life and Music of Lee Morgan

By Jeff McMillan
Subjects: African American Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music, Jazz, Biography
Series: Jazz Perspectives

The story of one of the most individual jazz stylists of his time

One Nation Under A Groove

Motown and American Culture

By Gerald Lyn Early
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music, Cultural Studies, African American Studies

How Motown changed the landscape of American popular culture

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