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Write Me a Few of Your Lines : A Blues Reader by Steven C. Tracy

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Author: Steven C. Tracy
Number of Pages: 624 pages
Published Date: 16 Nov 1999
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Publication Country: Massachusetts, United States
Language: English
Type: eBook
ISBN: 9781558492066
File size: 47 Mb
File Name: Write.Me.a.Few.of.Your.Lines.A.Blues.Reader.pdf
Download Link: Write Me a Few of Your Lines A Blues Reader
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A selection of writings, published between 1911 and 1998, on the subject of blues music. Included are contributions by folklorists, anthropologists, sociologists, literary artists, musicians, critics and aficionados. The appeal of blues music is reflected in the range of contributors to the volume, among them Howard W. Odum, Alan Lomax, Richard Alan Waterman, Langston Hughes, Paul Oliver, Sam Charters, Janheinz Jahn, James Baldwin, Leroi Jones, Charles Keil, Jeff Todd Titon, Houston Baker, Hazel Carby and Angela Davis. From these various perspectives emerges an understanding of the blues: its origin in African aesthetics; the impact of slavery and reconstruction; its early folk manifestations; and the importance of religion, style, gender, audience, protest, and the record business in its development as an art form. Further context is provided by an introduction, section overviews, and a bibliography, discography and videography of blues materials.

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