Seems like murder here : Southern violence and the blues tradition / Adam Gussow.
| Author/creator | Gussow, Adam |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002. |
| Description | xiv, 341 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | "I'm tore down" : lynching and the birth of a blues tradition -- "Make my getaway" : Southern violence and blues entrepreneurship in W.C. Handy's Father of the blues -- Dis(re)memberment blues : narratives of abjection and redress -- "Shoot myself a cop" : Mamie Smith's "Crazy blues" as social text -- Guns, knives, and buckets of blood : the predicament of blues culture -- "The blade already crying in my flesh" : Zora Neale Hurston's blues narratives. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-326) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002014388 |
| ISBN | 0226310973 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226310981 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E185.92 .G87 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |