TY - BOOK AU - Harrison,Douglas TI - Then sings my soul: the culture of southern gospel music T2 - Music in American life SN - 9780252036972 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - ML 3187 .H39 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press KW - Gospel music KW - Southern States KW - History and criticism KW - Popular culture KW - Religious aspects N1 - 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 ER -