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Book: Soul Unsung

Chapter: What is this thing called soul?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.25532

Blurb:

The author explores the history of the term 'soul music' and related concepts like 'soul food' and the underlying concept 'soul' and how it was deployed in movements such as Black Power and the Civil Rights Movement along with reflections about what was demonstrably 'soul' about the music of certain bands and performers from the 1960s through to the present day.

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