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Fictional Blues: Narrative Self-Invention from Bessie Smith to Jack White
Taschenbuch von Kimberly Mack
Sprache: Englisch

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"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. Fictional Blues unpacks the figure of the American blues performer, moving from early singers such as Ma Rainey and Big Mama Thornton to contemporary musicians such as Amy Winehouse, Rhiannon Giddens, and Jack White to reveal that blues makers have long used their songs, performances, interviews, and writings to invent personas that resist racial, social, economic, and gendered oppression. Using examples of fictional and real-life blues artists culled from popular music and literary works from writers such as Walter Mosley, Alice Walker, and Sherman Alexie, Kimberly Mack demonstrates that the stories blues musicians construct about their lives (however factually slippery) are inextricably linked to the "primary story" of the narrative blues tradition, in which autobiography fuels musicians' reclamation of power and agency"--
"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. Fictional Blues unpacks the figure of the American blues performer, moving from early singers such as Ma Rainey and Big Mama Thornton to contemporary musicians such as Amy Winehouse, Rhiannon Giddens, and Jack White to reveal that blues makers have long used their songs, performances, interviews, and writings to invent personas that resist racial, social, economic, and gendered oppression. Using examples of fictional and real-life blues artists culled from popular music and literary works from writers such as Walter Mosley, Alice Walker, and Sherman Alexie, Kimberly Mack demonstrates that the stories blues musicians construct about their lives (however factually slippery) are inextricably linked to the "primary story" of the narrative blues tradition, in which autobiography fuels musicians' reclamation of power and agency"--
Über den Autor
KIMBERLY MACK is assistant professor of African American literature at the University of Toledo.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 264
Reihe: African American Intellectual
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781625345509
ISBN-10: 162534550X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mack, Kimberly
Hersteller: Univ of Chicago Behalf of University of Mass
African American Intellectual
Maße: 229 x 152 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Kimberly Mack
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.12.2020
Gewicht: 0,422 kg
preigu-id: 123940377
Über den Autor
KIMBERLY MACK is assistant professor of African American literature at the University of Toledo.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 264
Reihe: African American Intellectual
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781625345509
ISBN-10: 162534550X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mack, Kimberly
Hersteller: Univ of Chicago Behalf of University of Mass
African American Intellectual
Maße: 229 x 152 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Kimberly Mack
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.12.2020
Gewicht: 0,422 kg
preigu-id: 123940377
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