| Blues from the Delta Contributor(s): Ferris, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0306803275 ISBN-13: 9780306803277 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1988 Annotation: "William Ferris, director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, has written a book as deep as the blues: rich in conversation, reference, history, and firsth" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Musical Instruments - General - Music | Genres & Styles - Blues |
| Dewey: 784.530 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (0.80 lbs) 250 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: William Ferris, director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, has written a book as deep as the blues: rich in conversation, reference, history, and firsthand experience with blues musicians and the culture that informs the music. The poetry, games, house parties, religious and secular traditions of black life in the Delta are explored in living prose that is also a work of immense scholarship. |