| Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature: A Vernacular Theory Contributor(s): Baker, Houston A., Jr. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226035387 ISBN-13: 9780226035383 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $32.67 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1987 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - African American - Music | Genres & Styles - Blues - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 810.989 |
| LCCN: 84002655 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.88" W x 8.99" (0.65 lbs) 295 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |