{"product_id":"from-blues-to-beyonczs-a-century-of-black-womens-generational-sonic-rhetorics-9781438496498","title":"From Blues to Beyoncé: A Century of Black Women's Generational Sonic Rhetorics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores how Black women have continually used sound to convey stories and forge community across generations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Blues to Beyoncé\u003c\/i\u003e amplifies Black women's ongoing public assertions of resistance, agency, and hope across different media from the nineteenth century to today. By examining recordings, music videos, autobiographical writings, and speeches, Alexis McGee explores how figures such as Ida B. Wells, Billie Holiday, Ruth Brown, Queen Latifah, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Janelle Monáe, and more mobilize sound to challenge antiBlack discourses and extend social justice pedagogies. Building on contemporary Black feminist interventions in sound studies and sonic rhetorics, \u003ci\u003eFrom Blues to Beyoncé\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how Black women's sonic acts transmit meaning and knowledge within, between, and across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexis McGee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438496498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexis McGee \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor of Research in the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media at the University of British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43174780698739,"sku":"9.78144E+12","price":177.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_931cbca4-9e0f-4ef0-96ab-d07db19b8aad.jpg?v=1751714577","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/from-blues-to-beyonczs-a-century-of-black-womens-generational-sonic-rhetorics-9781438496498","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}