Meanings
- uncountableentertainmentRhythm and blues or soul music performed by white artists.
One of the dangers of “white soul” that revives black music traditions outside of their original cultural context is that the cultural past may be resurrected not to be celebrated or reworked, but to be replaced by new narratives that enshrine white experience and benefit white musicians.
1998, “Soul's Revival”, in Monique Guillory, Richard C. Green, editors, Soul: Black Power, Politics, and Pleasure, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 156Synonyms: blue-eyed soul
Synonyms & antonyms
nounRhythm and blues or soul music performed by white artists.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 白人靈魂樂 /白人灵魂乐
- 白人靈魂樂 /白人灵魂乐 (báirén línghúnyuè)rhythm and blues or soul music performed by white artists
Finnish sinisilmäinen soul
- sinisilmäinen soulrhythm and blues or soul music performed by white artists
Portuguese soul branco
- soul brancorhythm and blues or soul music performed by white artists
Cite this entry
white soul. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20soul
“white soul.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20soul. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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