Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature: A Vernacular TheoryUniversity of Chicago Press, Nov 22, 2013 - 295 pages Relating the blues to American social and literary history and to Afro-American expressive culture, Houston A. Baker, Jr., offers the basis for a broader study of American culture at its "vernacular" level. He shows how the "blues voice" and its economic undertones are both central to the American narrative and characteristic of the Afro-American way of telling it. |
Contents
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Archaeology Ideology and AfroAmerican Discourse | 15 |
Generational Shifts AfroAmerican Literary Critcism and the Study of Expressive Culture | 64 |
Fictive Discourse Black Wholes and a Blues Book Most Excellent | 113 |
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Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature: A Vernacular Theory Houston A. Baker Limited preview - 1987 |
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