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Performing Transcendence: Improvisation, Instrumentality, and the Cultural Politics of Flow in Black Sacred Music

Throughout the African diaspora, music is a source of cultural and spiritual affirmation. Black musical genres such as jazz and gospel, along with their symbolic and physical ”instruments,” are tied to longstanding discourses of cultural belonging, racial authenticity, and spiritual value. In this talk, Dr. Melvin L. Butler posits music as a creative yet controversial […] ....

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