The blues aesthetic and the making of American identity in the literature of the South

Title
  1. The blues aesthetic and the making of American identity in the literature of the South / Barbara A. Baker.
Published by
  1. New York : P. Lang, 2003.
Author
  1. Baker, Barbara A., 1961-

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Description
  1. viii, 164 p.; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. Modern American literature ; v. 38
Uniform title
  1. Modern American literature (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 38.
Subject
  1. American literature > Southern States > History and criticism
  2. Blues (Music) in literature
  3. Lovingood, Sut (Fictitious character)
  4. Chesnutt, Charles W (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932 > Criticism and interpretation
  5. African Americans in literature
  6. Music and literature
  7. Hurston, Zora Neale > Criticism and interpretation
  8. Southern States > In literature
  9. Nordan, Lewis > Criticism and interpretation
  10. Aesthetics, American > Southern States
  11. Sadness in literature
  12. Harris, George Washington, 1814-1869 > Criticism and interpretation
  13. National characteristics, American, in literature
  14. Melancholy in literature
Contents
  1. George Washington Harris : the emergence of the blues from behind Sut's tragic/comic mask -- Charles Chesnutt : the dialectic of cultural transformation -- Zora Neale Hurston : from the jook to the juke box -- Lewis Nordan : riffing on memory and playing through the breaks.
Call number
  1. Sc E 03-1239
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p.[161]-164).
Author
  1. Baker, Barbara A., 1961-
Title
  1. The blues aesthetic and the making of American identity in the literature of the South / Barbara A. Baker.
Imprint
  1. New York : P. Lang, 2003.
Series
  1. Modern American literature ; v. 38
  2. Modern American literature (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 38.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p.[161]-164).
LCCN
  1. 2002029451
ISBN
  1. 0820462209 (alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. Sc E 03-1239
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