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Mercy, mercy me : the art, loves and demons of Marvin Gaye / Michael Eric Dyson.
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| Authors: |
Dyson, Michael Eric.
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| Call number: |
780.91 Gaye DYS |
| Publisher: |
New York : Basic Civitas Books, c2004. |
| Publication date: |
c2004. |
| Subject: |
Singers -- United States -- Biography.
Gaye, Marvin.
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| Title: |
Mercy, mercy me : the art, loves and demons of Marvin Gaye / Michael Eric Dyson. |
| Physical description: |
xiv, 290 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents note: |
"Ain't nothing like the real thing" : Marvin Gaye's meaning -- "What's going on" : Marvin, Motown, and me -- "Stubborn kind of fellow" : the search for a style -- "If this world were mine" : the politics of soul music -- "Somethin' like sanctified" : sexuality and spirituality -- "How sweet it is to be loved by you" : black love and secret romance -- "Come live with me, angel" : eroticism and exodus -- "Father, father, father we don't need to escalate" : Afroedipalism, corporal punishment, and the politics of self-destruction -- "Trouble man" : from the Prince of Motown to the Pied Piper of R&B. |
| Biography note: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-280), discography (p. 253-260), and index. |
| ISBN: |
046501769X (alk. paper) |
| LCCN: |
2004002411 |
| Url for this record: |
http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|948266
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| Bib No.: |
948266 |
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