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Author Hopkinson, Natalie

Title Go-go live : the musical life and death of a chocolate city / Natalie Hopkinson
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 214 pages : illustrations
Contents Black body politic -- Club U -- What's happening -- Call and response -- The archive -- The boondocks -- Redemption song -- Roll call, 1986
Summary Go-go is an upbeat, funky Black popular music from Washington, D.C. with a history as long as that of house or hip-hop. Natalie Hopkinson is the Media and Culture Critic for The Root, with access to clubs, producers, and artists, and is therefore well-placed to tell the story of the music from the 70s to the present. With the regentrification of the District, more of the Black population and the go-go industry have moved to the Maryland suburbs. In Go-Go Live, Hopkinson gives a critical, inside account of the scene and how it survives in a changing city
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Go-go (Music) -- Washington (D.C.) -- History and criticism
Go-go (Music) -- Social aspects -- Washington (D.C.)
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) -- Music -- 20th century
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
African Americans
African Americans -- Social life and customs
Go-go (Music)
Washington (D.C.)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822395201
0822395207