Hot Music, Ragmentation, and the Bluing of American Literature
Steven C. Tracy · 2015
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Hot Music, Ragmentation, and the Bluing of American Literature examines the diverse ways in which African American "hot" music influenced American culture - particularly literature - in early twentieth-century America. Steven C. Tracy provides a history of the fusion of African and European elements that formed African American "hot" music, and considers how terms like ragtime, jazz, and blues developed their own particular meanings for American music and society. He draws from the fields of literature, literary criticism, cultural anthropology, American studies, and folklore to demonstrate how blues as a musical and poetic form has been a critical influence on American literature. -- from dust jacket.
Book details
- Year
- 2015
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Editions
- 3
- Pages
- 537
- ISBN
- 9780817318659
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