Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Loves and Demons of Marvin Gaye

Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Loves and Demons of Marvin GayeTwenty years after his murder at the hands of his own father, Marvin Gaye continues to define the hopes and shattered dreams of the Motown generation. A performer whose career spanned the history of rhythm and blues, from doo wop to the sultriest of soul music, Gaye's artistry magnified the contradictions that defined America's coming of age in the tumultuous 1970s. In his most searching and ambitious work to date, acclaimed critic Michael Eric Dyson

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gathers new and classic essays on the Black Power movement and its legacy by renowned thinkers who deal rigorously and unsentimentally with such issues as the commodification of blackness

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Paperback : 344 pages

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ISBN-13 : 9781631491764