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.

Author: Houston A. Baker Jr
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 02/15/1987
Pages: 295
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.99h x 5.88w x 0.75d
ISBN13: 9780226035383
ISBN10: 0226035387
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American | African American & Black
- Music | Genres & Styles | Blues
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies