{"product_id":"gogolivethemusicallifeanddeathofachocolatecity","title":"Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City (Book)","description":"Format: Book \u003cbr\u003eLabel: Duke University Press \u003cbr\u003eYear: 2012 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMedia Condition: New \u003cbr\u003eSleeve\/Cover Condition: New \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGo-Go Live\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a social history of black Washington told through its go-go music and culture. Encompassing dance moves, nightclubs, and fashion, as well as the voices of artists, fans, business owners, and politicians, Natalie Hopkinson's Washington-based narrative reflects the broader history of race in urban America in the second half of the twentieth century and the early twenty-first. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the 1990s, the middle class that had left the city for the suburbs in the postwar years began to return. Gentrification drove up property values and pushed go-go into D.C.'s suburbs. The Chocolate City is in decline, but its heart, D.C.'s distinctive go-go musical culture, continues to beat. On any given night, there's live go-go in the D.C. metro area.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c!-- audio --\u003e Dr. Natalie Hopkinson is Associate Professor of Communication, Culture and Media Studies at Howard University. She is the author of Go-Go Live (Duke University Press, 2012) and A Mouth is Always Muzzled (The New Press, 2018).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Since April 2019, as co-founder of the #DontMuteDC Go-Go Music and Culture movement, she has co-produced more than two dozen cultural activations which mobilized thousands of people in the streets and online, marking the strength and resilience of Black people and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mayor Muriel Bowser appointed her to the District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities in February 2020.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Natalie Hopkinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37810650054823,"sku":"ST-BO-NATAL-03","price":29.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0516\/9384\/6695\/products\/Book-GoGoLive-frt.jpg?v=1610112772","url":"https:\/\/spintimerecords.com\/products\/gogolivethemusicallifeanddeathofachocolatecity","provider":"Spin Time Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}