Then sings my soul : the culture of southern gospel music /
Douglas Harrison.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2012.
- xi, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Music in American life .
- Music in American life. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : A native informant's report from the field -- Glory bumps, or the psychodynamics of the southern gospel experience -- Nostalgia, modernity, and the reconstruction roots of a tradition -- The rise of "southern" gospel music and the compensations of history -- The gaitherization of contemporary southern gospel -- Southern gospel in the key of queer -- Epilogue : the soul's best song -- List of songs referenced -- Appendix : methods and preliminary findings of a survey of attitudes and beliefs about southern gospel music.