Picturing the Banjo (Paperback)

Langue : anglais

Edité par Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, 2006

027102710X / 9780271027104

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Paperback. The history of the banjo is as haunting as its music. Made popular in minstrel shows of the nineteenth century, the "banjar" derives from the stringed gourd instrument African slaves brought with them to plantations in the Caribbean and American South. From minstrelsy to the folk music revival of the twentieth century, the banjo has continued to attract audiences and acquire meaning. "Picturing the Banjo" gives this long history an entirely new dimension by tracing the instrument's representation in American visual culture from the eighteenth century to the present. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name, "Picturing the Banjo" offers the first examination of the instrument's portrayal in images that range from anonymous photographs of performers to paintings by Thomas Eakins and prints by Dox Thrash. Leo G. Mazow, contributing editor of the volume, and his collaborators demonstrate that the banjo became an American icon that links popular music to fundamental issues of race, class, and gender.Simple and appealing as the instrument may seem in Henry Ossawa Tanner's "The Banjo Lesson" or Eastman Johnson's "Old Kentucky Home", it carries powerful associations with social conflict and change. Through its many color and black-and-white illustrations, this book allows readers to experience the works of visual art and period instruments brought together in the pioneering exhibition organized by the Palmer Museum of Art of The Pennsylvania State University. "Picturing the Banjo" will be of interest to banjo lovers, scholars in American studies, and all those concerned with the musical and artistic heritage of slavery. From minstrelsy to the folk music revival of the twentieth century, the banjo has continued to attract audiences and acquire meaning. This book offers an examination of the instrument's portrayal in images that range from anonymous photographs of performers to paintings by Thomas Eakins and prints by Dox Thrash. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Titre
Picturing the Banjo (Paperback)
Auteur
Leo G. Mazow
Éditeur
Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park
Année de publication
2006
État de l'article
new
Reliure
Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
027102710X
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780271027104

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