In Skin Acts; Michelle Ann Stephens explores the work of four iconic twentieth-century black male performersmdash;Bert Williams; Paul Robeson; Harry Belafonte; and Bob Marleymdash;to reveal how racial and sexual difference is both marked by and experienced in the skin. She situates each figure within his cultural moment; examining his performance in the context of contemporary race relations and visual regimes. Drawing on Lacanian psychoanalysis and performance theory; Stephens contends that while black skin is subject to what Frantz Fanon called the epidermalizing and hardening effects of the gaze; it is in the flesh that othermdash;intersubjective; pre-discursive; and sensuousmdash;forms of knowing take place between artist and audience. Analyzing a wide range of visual; musical; and textual sources; Stephens shows that black subjectivity and performativity are structured by the tension between skin and flesh; sight and touch; difference and sameness.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. An excellent; concise approach to walking bassBy markfretlessExcellent book; clearly written. Great for teachers who are looking for a method book to teach this skill to their students; as well as for beginnersand intermediate players who want to teach themselves. Great playing on the clearly recorded play-along mp3s; too! Highly recommended.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Dan AustinBy Daniel M. AustinI am a performing jazz keyboardist; learning how to play a Hammond B3. A jazz organist needs a strong left hand primarily to play walking bass lines. (Jazz trios with organist rarely have a bass player.) So this book was really helpful to teach me practical techniques and approaches. I read it in one sitting and really enjoyed the content. Now its time to start at the beginning; at the organ to practice the exercises.Also the suggested listening list was a real bonus!I purchased this as a Kindle book so I was disappointed that I dont have access (that I know of) to the practice CD.5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Good; solid instruction!By -RycoWell worth the price of one lesson!!!!!An excellent book showing how to build a solid foundation walking bass line through harmonic progressions.Ive only started this book; but am going through it very slowly so as to completely absorb each idea before moving on to the next.Fuqua STRONGLY emphasizes HEARING what is going on and learning so completely that you can get your mind out of the way on an intellectual level and actually PLAY what you wish to express.I am using this book to get past reading chord charts and spontaneously play along with any song/harmonic progression "on the fly". I have done a lot of transcription of melodies and found that tactic to be of not much help. My goal is to hear CHANGES and react musically.
