Black resonance : iconic women singers and African American literature /
| Основен автор: | Lordi, Emily J., 1979- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
2013.
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| Серия: |
American Literatures Initiative
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| Онлайн достъп: |
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| Подобни документи: |
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Black resonance : iconic women singers and African American literature. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction: Black resonance
- Vivid lyricism: Richard Wright and Bessie Smith's blues
- The timbre of sincerity: Mahalia Jackson's gospel sound and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
- Understatement: James Baldwin, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
- Haunting: Gayl Jones's Corregidora and Billie Holiday's "strange Fruit"
- Signature voices: Nikki Giovanni, Aretha Franklin, and the Black Arts movement
- Epilogue: "At Last": Etta James, poetry, hip hop.