“Everybody needs to know where their music comes from”: The musical lives of African American youths, desire, and counternarratives in urban music education
Research Studies in Music Education
Published online on January 31, 2026
Abstract
Research Studies in Music Education, Volume 48, Issue 2, Page 220-235, July 2026.
Urban music education scholarship in the United States often operates from a damage-centered perspective, defining urban spaces by their perceived lack. As an alternative to these deficit views, in this research, I employed Tuck’s desire-based framework ...
Urban music education scholarship in the United States often operates from a damage-centered perspective, defining urban spaces by their perceived lack. As an alternative to these deficit views, in this research, I employed Tuck’s desire-based framework ...