03088nam 2200745 a 450 991046022160332120200520144314.00-674-05476-810.4159/9780674054769(CKB)2670000000040455(OCoLC)648759726(CaPaEBR)ebrary10402494(SSID)ssj0000416051(PQKBManifestationID)11262088(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416051(PQKBWorkID)10418458(PQKB)11095534(MiAaPQ)EBC3300831(DE-B1597)457791(OCoLC)979953939(OCoLC)984641779(DE-B1597)9780674054769(Au-PeEL)EBL3300831(CaPaEBR)ebr10402494(EXLCZ)99267000000004045520090114d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDisturbing the peace[electronic resource] Black culture and the police power after slavery /Bryan WagnerCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20091 online resource (318 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-03508-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.The Black tradition from Ida B. Wells to Robert Charles -- The strange career of bras-coupé -- Uncle Remus and the Atlanta Police Department -- The Black tradition from George W. Johnson to Ozella Jones.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 - in Disturbing the Peace, Bryan Wagner revises the history of the black vernacular tradition and gives a new account of black culture by reading these myths in the context of the tradition's ongoing engagement with the law.African AmericansSocial life and customsAfrican AmericansMusicHistory and criticismLegendsHistory and criticismBalladsHistory and criticismPolice powerSouthern StatesHistoryPolice-community relationsSouthern StatesHistoryAfrican AmericansHistory1863-1877African AmericansHistory1877-1964Electronic books.African AmericansSocial life and customs.African AmericansMusicHistory and criticism.LegendsHistory and criticism.BalladsHistory and criticism.Police powerHistory.Police-community relationsHistory.African AmericansHistoryAfrican AmericansHistory305.896/073Wagner Bryan1050049MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460221603321Disturbing the peace2479525UNINA