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Title: Blues Fell This Morning
Condition: New
Subtitle: Meaning in the Blues
EAN: 9780521377935
ISBN: 9780521377935
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 04/12/1990
Description: This is a new, thoroughly revised edition of Paul Oliver's classic study of the blues. First published in 1960, this remarkable book has not been superseded and its reappearance will be welcomed by all who wish to understand the complexity of meaning in the blues and the experiences which they expressed. The book examines the functions of the blues as black American folk music recorded during the 78 rpm era, from the 1920s to the 1950s. The lyrics are quoted extensively throughout the book, revealing their significance as a means of communication within black society. The author shows how the themes of labour and unemployment, migration and the Depression years, love, sex, and marriage, crime, violence and imprisonment, disasters, sickness, war and death are expressed in black idioms and he discusses their meaning on many levels.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 230mm
Item Length: 154mm
Item Width: 28mm
Item Weight: 615g
Author: Paul Oliver
Genre: Music Dance & Theatre
Release Year: 1990

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