Black resonance : iconic women singers and African American literature /
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| Format: | Elektroniczne E-book |
| Język: | angielski |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
2013.
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| Seria: | American Literatures Initiative
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| Dostęp online: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Spis treści:
- Introduction: Black resonance
- Vivid lyricism: Richard Wright and Bessie Smith's blues
- The timbre of sincerity: Mahalia Jackson's gospel sound and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
- Understatement: James Baldwin, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
- Haunting: Gayl Jones's Corregidora and Billie Holiday's "strange Fruit"
- Signature voices: Nikki Giovanni, Aretha Franklin, and the Black Arts movement
- Epilogue: "At Last": Etta James, poetry, hip hop.