African American folksong and American cultural politics : the Lawrence Gellert story / / Bruce M. Conforth
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| Autore: |
Conforth Bruce M. <1950->
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| Titolo: |
African American folksong and American cultural politics : the Lawrence Gellert story / / Bruce M. Conforth
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, MD, : Scarecrow Press, 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 782.42162 |
| 782.4216296073 | |
| Soggetto topico: | African Americans - Music - History and criticism |
| Folk music - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Cultural Front and the Negro -- Chapter 2: The Early Years -- Chapter 3: The 1920s -- Chapter 4: The Early 1930s -- Chapter 5: Lead Belly and the Lomaxes, 1934-1936 -- Chapter 6: Negro Songs of Protest and Protest in "Negro" Songs -- Chapter 7: The WPA Theater, Writers' Projects, and World War II -- Chapter 8: The 1950s -- Chapter 9: The 1960s -- Chapter 10: The 1970s -- Epilogue to a Life -- Bibliography -- About the Author. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In African American Folksong and American Cultural Politics: The Lawrence Gellert Story, scholar and musician Bruce Conforth tells the story of one of the most unusual collections of African American folk music ever amassed-and the remarkable story of the man who produced it: Lawrence Gellert. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | African American folksong and American cultural politics |
| ISBN: | 0-8108-8489-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825692903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
American Folk Music and Musicians Series