Description: Title: Blues People Author: Jones, Leroi Publisher: Harper Perennial Binding: Paperback Pages: 256 Dimensions: 8.22h x 5.54w x 0.68d Product Weight: 0.5 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9780688184742 "A must for all who would more knowledgeably appreciate and better comprehend America's most popular music." -- Langston Hughes"The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music--through the music that is most closely associated with him: blues and a later, but parallel development, jazz... [If] the Negro represents, or is symbolic of, something in and about the nature of American culture, this certainly should be revealed by his characteristic music."So says Amiri Baraka (previously known as LeRoi Jones) in the Introduction to Blues People, his classic work on the place of jazz and blues in American social, musical, economic, and cultural history. From the music of African slaves in the United States through the music scene of the 1960's, Baraka traces the influence of what he calls "negro music" on white America--not only in the context of music and pop culture but also in terms of the values and perspectives passed on through the music. In tracing the music, he brilliantly illuminates the influence of African Americans on American culture and history. Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer {{Overnight Shipping Available (10:30am CST Cutoff Time)}}
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Book Title: Blues People : Negro Music in White America
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Topic: Genres & Styles / Blues, Ethnic, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 1999
Genre: Music, Social Science
Item Weight: 8.2 Oz
Author: LeROI Jones
Item Length: 8.2 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
