Screening the blues : aspects of the blues tradition /
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| Author / Creator: | Oliver, Paul, 1927- |
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| Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : Da Capo Press, [1989], c1968. |
| Description: | viii, 294 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | A Da Capo paperback |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1015726 |
| Summary: | The noted blues scholar Paul Oliver here examines the many different skeins of the blues form, relating them to other black traditions--musical and religious--and tracing the origin of the blues through the dense, many-colored warp and weft of influences and inspiration. He describes "the dozens," Christmas rituals, and the coded (as well as blatant) sexual imagery that has always been a vital element of every popular song tradition. With extensive source notes, photographs, a discography, and two indexes of song titles and singers, this book serves as a sound, serious, and entertaining guide to the blues heritage that has vitalized so much of the world's musical culture. |
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| Item Description: | Reprint. Originally published: London : Cassell, 1968. Includes indexes. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 294 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. 262-277. |
| ISBN: | 0306803445 |