One Nation Under a Groove: Motown and American Culture

by Gerald Early

Book Overview

In its heyday Motown Records was a household word, one of the most famous and successful black-owned businesses in American history, and, arguably, the most significant of all American independent... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472089560
• ISBN13: 9780472089567
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: University of Michigan Regional
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

an interesting book, more or less...

I'm afraid Mr. Early does not wish to expand to any depth the problems which Black musical artists continue to face from this thorougly racist culture. To discover more pertinent investigations of this ongoing white male-centered racism, one needs to go to the astonishingly brave and insightful bell hooks, and other writers. I would also recommend a book by a white writer, Russell Potter, called 'Spectacular Vernaculars', where he writes about white racism perpetrated against Black musical artists.