Fictional blues : narrative self-invention from Bessie Smith to Jack White / Kimberly R. Mack.

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"The familiar story of Delta blues musician Robert Johnson, who sold his soul to the devil at a Mississippi crossroads in exchange for guitar virtuosity, and the violent stereotypes evoked by legendary blues "bad men" like Stagger Lee undergird the persistent racial myths surrounding "authentic" blu...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	African American intellectual history.
Main Author:	Mack, Kimberly (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2020]
Series:	African American intellectual history.
Subjects:	Blues (Music) > History and criticism. Blues musicians > United States. African Americans > Folklore. Music and folklore. Blues (Music) Blues musicians. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:	Folklore. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:	xvi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format:	Book

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