Fictional blues : narrative self-invention from Bessie Smith to Jack White /

"The familiar story of Delta blues musician Robert Johnson, who sold his soul to the devil at a Mississippi crossroads in exchange for guitar virtuosity, and the violent stereotypes evoked by legendary blues "bad men" like Stagger Lee undergird the persistent racial myths surrounding...

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Main Author: Mack, Kimberly (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2020]
Series:African American intellectual history.
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