Rockin' It in Blue: A Black Existential Essay on Jimi Hendrix

[...]the beauty of black aesthetic production is the baby that is thrown out with the bathwater of critique. If we regard such as a metaphor, however, and think of dimension as different kinds of disclosed reality, we might immediately see that dimensions are manifested in their own terms. [...]cons...

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Published in:Discourse (Berkeley, Calif.) Calif.), 2017-04, Vol.39 (2), p.216-229
Main Author: Gordon, Lewis R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustics
Aesthetics
African American culture
Authenticity
Black people
Blues music
Classical music
Culture
Double consciousness
Existentialism
Guitars
Hendrix, Jimi
Humans
Jazz
Literary devices
Metaphor
Misogyny
Music teachers
Musical aesthetics
Musical instruments
Musical performance
Musical performances
Musicians
Musicians & conductors
Neoliberalism
Philosophy
Racism
Reality
Rock music
Symbolic Language
Whites
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Summary:[...]the beauty of black aesthetic production is the baby that is thrown out with the bathwater of critique. If we regard such as a metaphor, however, and think of dimension as different kinds of disclosed reality, we might immediately see that dimensions are manifested in their own terms. [...]consciousness is not simply an emergence but is also a dimension through which mind (another dimension) could come about. [...]musical possibilities needn't be constrained by conventions that, we often fail to remember, were developed for specific purposes and sounds. [...]freedom, as we have seen, is a fundamental element of existence in black/blue.
ISSN:1522-5321
1536-1810
DOI:10.13110/discourse.39.2.0216