Seems Like Murder Here - Southern Violence and the Blues Tradition

Winner of the 2004 C. Hugh Holman Award from the Society for the Study of Southern Literature.
"Seems Like Murder Here" offers a revealing new account of the blues tradition. Far from mere laments about lost loves and hard times, the blues emerge in this provocative study as vital responses to spectacle lynchings and the violent realities of African American life in the Jim Crow South. With brilliant interpretations of both classic songs and literary works, from the autobiographies of W. C. Handy, David Honeyboy Edwards, and B. B. King to the poetry of Langston Hughes and the novels of Zora Neale Hurston, "Seems Like Murder Here" will transform our understanding of the blues and its enduring power.

A propos de l'auteur

Adam Gussow is assistant professor of English and southern studies at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of Mister Satan's Apprentice: A Blues Memoir and has been a professional blues harmonica player for many years, touring widely in the 1990s as part of the Harlem-based duo Satan and Adam.

Résumé

Blues recording artist and critic Adam Gussow begins his story in the 1890s, when the spectacle lynching of blacks became an insidious part of Southern life. Gussow identifies veiled references to real life incidents of these lynchings within the words of Blues songs and literature.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Adam Gussow, Gussow Adam
• Collaboration: University Of Chicago Press (Editeur)
• Edition: University Presses
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.12.2002
• EAN: 9780226310985
• ISBN: 978-0-226-31098-5
• Pages: 360
• Dimensions: 15 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Poids: 539 g
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Géographie; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences sociales en général; Blues, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Ethnic Studies, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Blues, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, American English, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Regional Studies, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Regional / International studies, History of the Americas, Popular Music, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Black & Asian Studies, Central Southern States, Southeastern & South Atlantic States, US South, US South: South Atlantic States, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General