Shaping Words to Fit the Soul : The Southern Ritual Grounds of Afro-Modernism / / Jürgen E. Grandt

• Autore: Grandt Jürgen E. <1968->
• Pubblicazione: Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2009; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 192 p. )
• Soggetto topico: Modernism (Music); American literature - African American authors - History and criticism; Modernism (Literature)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-181) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A life and power far beyond the letter : the Afro-modernism of life and times of Frederick Douglass -- Shaping words to fit the soul : Afro-modernism and the breakdown of communication in Jean Toomer's Cane -- Roll call : Richard Wright's "Long black song" and the betrayal of music -- Blues and the abstract truth : the Southern groove continuum from W. C. Handy to the Allman Brothers Band -- Life and death in the Dirty South : the urban ritual grounds of Tayari Jones -- Conclusion. "The biggest colored show on earth" : Afro-modernism, hip-hop, and postmodern blackness.
• Titolo autorizzato: Shaping Words to Fit the Soul
• ISBN: 0-8142-7145-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910552779003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II