Signifyin(g), sanctifyin' & slam dunking : a reader in African american expressive culture
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-459) and index. American Negro spirituals -- West African dance -- Africa and the West Indies -- Playing the blues -- Africans, Europeans and the making of music -- Literary studies, historical studies, and Black music inquiry -- The heterogeneous sound ideal in African-American music -- The impact of gospel music on the secular music industry -- Meaning and style in African American vernacular dance -- Lester Young and the birth of cool -- On the Jazz musician's love/hate relationship with the audience -- Characteristics of Negro expression -- Signifying, loud-talking and marking -- Resistance too civilized to notice -- The Black and White truth about basketball -- The hero of the blues -- Michael Jordan leaps the great divide -- Michael Jordan and the pedagogy of desire -- African-American festive style.