Fictional Blues

Fictional Blues
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Publisher : African American Intellectual
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 162534550X
ISBN-13 : 9781625345509
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Book Synopsis Fictional Blues by : Kimberly Mack

Download or read book Fictional Blues written by Kimberly Mack and published by African American Intellectual. This book was released on 2020 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The familiar story of Delta blues musician Robert Johnson, who sold his soul to the devil at a Mississippi crossroads in exchange for guitar virtuosity, and the violent stereotypes evoked by legendary blues "bad men" like Stagger Lee undergird the persistent racial myths surrounding "authentic" blues expression. Fictional Blues unpacks the figure of the American blues performer, moving from early singers such as Ma Rainey and Big Mama Thornton to contemporary musicians such as Amy Winehouse, Rhiannon Giddens, and Jack White to reveal that blues makers have long used their songs, performances, interviews, and writings to invent personas that resist racial, social, economic, and gendered oppression. Using examples of fictional and real-life blues artists culled from popular music and literary works from writers such as Walter Mosley, Alice Walker, and Sherman Alexie, Kimberly Mack demonstrates that the stories blues musicians construct about their lives (however factually slippery) are inextricably linked to the "primary story" of the narrative blues tradition, in which autobiography fuels musicians' reclamation of power and agency.


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