In Song of Exile David Stowe reconstructs the rich and varied reception history of Psalm 137 using textual analysis, historical overview, and a study of the psalm's place in popular culture. He weaves together the fascinating story of how the psalm has both shaped and been shaped by our understanding of violence, pain, oppression, and justice.
In Song of Exile David Stowe reconstructs the rich and varied reception history of Psalm 137 using textual analysis, historical overview, and a study of the psalm's place in popular culture. He weaves together the fascinating story of how the psalm has both shaped and been shaped by our understanding of violence, pain, oppression, and justice.
David W. Stowe teaches English and Religious Studies at Michigan State University, where he is interim chair of the English Department. During the 2012-13 academic year, Stowe held a research fellowship at Yale's Institute of Sacred Music. His most recent book is No Sympathy for the Devil: Christian Pop Music and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism. His previous book, How Sweet the Sound: Music in the Spiritual Lives of Americans won the Deems Taylor Award from ASCAP.
Inhaltsangabe
Part One: History 1) Mapping History 2) Comprehending Migration 3) Babylonia 4) In Nebuchudnezzar's Court 5) By the Kebar 6) People of the Land 7) Jeremiah 8) Lamentations 9) Strange Lands 10) Existential Exile 11) Rivers of Watertown 12) Melodious Rivers Part Two: Memory 13) New World Babylon 14) American Jeremiah 15) Africa as New Israel 16) Echoes of Roland Hayes 17) Footnotes to C.L. Franklin 18) Moses and Jeremiah 19) Moses and Jeremiah 20) Forcing Memory 21) Wood Street Part Three: Forgetting 22) Jedwabne 23) Revisiting a Vanished World 24) Blaming Victims 25) Thirsting for Vengeance 26) New World Captivity 27) Better Angels 28) Holocaust Songs 29) Sepulchral Memory 30) After Exile Notes Bibliography Index
Part One: History 1) Mapping History 2) Comprehending Migration 3) Babylonia 4) In Nebuchudnezzar's Court 5) By the Kebar 6) People of the Land 7) Jeremiah 8) Lamentations 9) Strange Lands 10) Existential Exile 11) Rivers of Watertown 12) Melodious Rivers Part Two: Memory 13) New World Babylon 14) American Jeremiah 15) Africa as New Israel 16) Echoes of Roland Hayes 17) Footnotes to C.L. Franklin 18) Moses and Jeremiah 19) Moses and Jeremiah 20) Forcing Memory 21) Wood Street Part Three: Forgetting 22) Jedwabne 23) Revisiting a Vanished World 24) Blaming Victims 25) Thirsting for Vengeance 26) New World Captivity 27) Better Angels 28) Holocaust Songs 29) Sepulchral Memory 30) After Exile Notes Bibliography Index
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