Seems Like Murder Here: Southern Violence and the Blues Tradition

Seems Like Murder Here: Southern Violence and the Blues Tradition

by Adam Gussow (Author)

Synopsis

Blues recording artist and critic Adam Gussow begins his story in the 1890s, when the spectacle lynching of blacks became an insidious part of Southern life. Gussow identifies veiled references to real life incidents of these lynchings within the words of Blues songs and literature.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 360
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Chicago University Press
Published: 13 Dec 2002

ISBN 10: 0226310981
ISBN 13: 9780226310985