Liner Notes for the Revolution

The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound

Daphne A. Brooks

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$39.95 • £31.95 • €36.00

ISBN 9780674052819

Publication Date: 02/23/2021

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608 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

90 photos

Belknap Press

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Daphne A. Brooks is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of African American Studies and Professor of Theater Studies, American Studies, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Yale University and the author of Jeff Buckley’s Grace and of Bodies in Dissent, winner of the Errol Hill Award for outstanding scholarship in African American performance studies. She has written liner notes to accompany the recordings of Aretha Franklin, Tammi Terrell, and Prince, as well as stories for the New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, and Pitchfork.

Awards & Accolades

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, 2021

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