Fictional Blues
«"...illuminating, thought-provoking, refreshingly broad-minded..." — Los Angeles Review of Books
"The perspective Mack offers on blues mythology is fresh and compelling. Fictional Blues is well-researched, engaging, clear, confident, and important." — Emily J. Lordi, author of Black Resonance: Iconic Women Singers and African American Literature
"Mack provides a complex mapping of American blues music to investigate the work it does as a multifaceted cultural trope, from its inception in the Jim Crow South to its global dissemination in the twenty-first century. Fictional Blues is certain to make an impact in African American studies, along with American literary and cultural studies writ large." — Caroline A. Streeter, author of Tragic No More: Mixed-Race Women and the Nexus of Sex and Celebrity»
The familiar story of Delta blues musician Robert Johnson, who sold his soul to the devil at a Mississippi crossroads in exchange for guitar virtuosity, and the violent stereotypes evoked by legendary blues "bad men" like Stagger Lee undergird the persistent racial myths surrounding "authentic" blues expression. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781625345509
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«"...illuminating, thought-provoking, refreshingly broad-minded..." — Los Angeles Review of Books
"The perspective Mack offers on blues mythology is fresh and compelling. Fictional Blues is well-researched, engaging, clear, confident, and important." — Emily J. Lordi, author of Black Resonance: Iconic Women Singers and African American Literature
"Mack provides a complex mapping of American blues music to investigate the work it does as a multifaceted cultural trope, from its inception in the Jim Crow South to its global dissemination in the twenty-first century. Fictional Blues is certain to make an impact in African American studies, along with American literary and cultural studies writ large." — Caroline A. Streeter, author of Tragic No More: Mixed-Race Women and the Nexus of Sex and Celebrity»