Saturday, July 17, 2004
Talking about cultural criticism while talking about music:
Norman Kelley says, "Indeed, music for most market intellectuals is an afterthought, which they use as a means to an end, and that end is seldom about understanding the entire political, economic and cultural nexus of the various art forms that blacks have produced but have no real control over."
Norman Kelley also says (about the writings of some well-known culture critics), "What’s missing from these books is any sense that 'black culture' or 'soul' is defined by social, political and economic environments that came out of a basic folk culture, an ethos based on a 'structure of feeling' about a certain time and place in history."
Want to read more of Norman Kelley's "Black Cultural Criticism, Inc" -- just jump from the link (then, follow the links in his article, too).
¶ 7/17/2004 02:46:00 PM
Norman Kelley says, "Indeed, music for most market intellectuals is an afterthought, which they use as a means to an end, and that end is seldom about understanding the entire political, economic and cultural nexus of the various art forms that blacks have produced but have no real control over."
Norman Kelley also says (about the writings of some well-known culture critics), "What’s missing from these books is any sense that 'black culture' or 'soul' is defined by social, political and economic environments that came out of a basic folk culture, an ethos based on a 'structure of feeling' about a certain time and place in history."
Want to read more of Norman Kelley's "Black Cultural Criticism, Inc" -- just jump from the link (then, follow the links in his article, too).
¶ 7/17/2004 02:46:00 PM
