Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature: A Vernacular Theory - Couverture souple

Baker Jr., Houston A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0226035387 ISBN 13 : 9780226035383

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1987

Synopsis

Blues, Ideology and Afro-American Literature Relating the blues to American social and literary history and to Afro-American expressive culture, Baker offers the basis for a broader study of American culture at its vernacular level. He shows how the "blues voice" and its economic undertones are both central to the American narrative and characteristic of the Afro-American way of telling it. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Relating the blues to American social and literary history and to Afro-American expressive culture, Houston A. Baker, Jr. offers the basis for a broader study of American culture at its "vernacular" level. He shows how the "blues voice" and its economic undertones are both central to the American narrative and characteristic of the Afro-American way of telling it.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0226035387
• ISBN 13: 9780226035383
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 295