Seems Like Murder Here: Southern Violence and the Blues Tradition

Seems Like Murder Here: Southern Violence and the Blues Tradition - Paperback

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Seems Like Murder Here: Southern Violence and the Blues Tradition
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Seems Like Murder Here: Southern Violence and the Blues Tradition - Paperback

Seems Like Murder Here: Southern Violence and the Blues Tradition - Paperback

by Adam Gussow
$72.00
$72.00

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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.

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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.
ISBN9780226310985
Author Adam Gussow
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
GenreYoung adult
FormatPaperback
PublishedDecember 2002
Edition2
LanguageENG- English
Pages360
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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