{"product_id":"i-belong-to-this-band-hallelujah-laura-clawson","title":"I Belong to This Band, Hallelujah! | Laura Clawson","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"purchase-item-detail-title-desktop\"\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eI Belong to This Band, Hallelujah!\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCommunity, Spirituality, and Tradition among Sacred Harp Singers\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"author-info\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"author link-reverse-underline\"\u003eby Laura Clawson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"purchase-item-detail-summary\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapse-truncated-wrapper truncated-faded truncated\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapse-truncated collapse show\" id=\"example-collapse-truncated-1\" data-max-height=\"243\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapse-truncated-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Sacred Harp choral singing tradition originated in the American South in the mid-nineteenth century, spread widely across the country, and continues to thrive today. Sacred Harp isn’t performed but participated in, ideally in large gatherings where, as the a cappella singers face each other around a hollow square, the massed voices take on a moving and almost physical power.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Belong to This Band, Hallelujah!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a vivid portrait of several Sacred Harp groups and an insightful exploration of how they manage to maintain a sense of community despite their members’ often profound differences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaura Clawson’s research took her to Alabama and Georgia, to Chicago and Minneapolis, and to Hollywood for a Sacred Harp performance at the Academy Awards, a potent symbol of the conflicting forces at play in the twenty-first-century incarnation of this old genre. Clawson finds that in order for Sacred Harp singers to maintain the bond forged by their love of music, they must grapple with a host of difficult issues, including how to maintain the authenticity of their tradition and how to carefully negotiate the tensions created by their disparate cultural, religious, and political beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Other","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44450152087667,"sku":null,"price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/6018\/1363\/files\/9780226109596.jpg?v=1773534351","url":"https:\/\/hollowsquarebooks.com\/products\/i-belong-to-this-band-hallelujah-laura-clawson","provider":"Hollow Square Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}