Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature: A Vernacular

Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature: A Vernacular Theory

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.
Country USA
Brand University of Chicago Press
Manufacturer University of Chicago Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 1987-02-15
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780226035383

Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature: A Vernacular Theory