"Gospel Histoire et critique." . . "Fine Arts." . . "MUSIC Instruction & Study Voice." . . "MUSIC Printed Music Piano-Vocal-Guitar." . . "Spirituelle Bewegung." . . "McGregory, Jerrilyn." . . . . . . . . . . . "Downhome Gospel African American Spiritual Activism in Wiregrass Country"@en . . . "Aufsatzsammlung" . . "Downhome gospel : African American spiritual activism in Wiregrass Country" . . . . "Jerrilyn McGregory explores sacred music and spiritual activism in a little-known region of the South, the Wiregrass Country of Georgia, Alabama, and North Florida. She examines African American sacred music outside of Sunday church-related activities, showing that singing conventions and anniversary programs fortify spiritual as well as social needs. In this region African Americans maintain a social world of their own creation. Their cultural performances embrace some of the most pervasive forms of African American sacred music--spirituals, common meter, Sacred Harp, shape-note, traditional, and contemporary gospel. Moreover, the contexts in which they sing include present-day observations such as the Twentieth of May (Emancipation Day), Burial League Turnouts, and Fifth Sunday. Rather than tracing the evolution of African American sacred music, this ethnographic study focuses on contemporary cultural performances, almost all by women, which embrace all forms. These women promote a female-centered theology to ensure the survival of their communities and personal networks."@en . . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . . . "Electronic resource"@en . . . . . "Downhome gospel African American spiritual activism in Wiregrass Country" . "Downhome gospel African American spiritual activism in Wiregrass Country"@en . . . . . "Gospelsong." . . "History and criticism." . . "Music." . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE Ethnic Studies African American Studies." . . "African Americans." . . "USA" . . "Gospel music History and criticism." . . "African Americans Music" . . "African Americans Music History and criticism." . . "Wiregrass Country (U.S.)" . . "Gospel music." . . "Gospel music" .