Disturbing the Peace

Disturbing the Peace

by B Wagner (Author)

Synopsis

W C Handy waking up to the blues on a train platform, Buddy Bolden eavesdropping on the drums at Congo Square, John Lomax taking his phonograph recorder into a southern penitentiary - some foundational myths of the black vernacular remain inescapable. This book revises the history of the black vernacular tradition.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published:

ISBN 10: 0674035089
ISBN 13: 9780674035089