Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature

A Vernacular Theory

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Black, American
Cover of the book Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature by Houston A. Baker, Jr., University of Chicago Press
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Author: Houston A. Baker, Jr. ISBN: 9780226160849
Publisher: University of Chicago Press Publication: November 22, 2013
Imprint: University of Chicago Press Language: English
Author: Houston A. Baker, Jr.
ISBN: 9780226160849
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication: November 22, 2013
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Language: English

Relating the blues to American social and literary history and to Afro-American expressive culture, Houston A. Baker, Jr., offers the basis for a broader study of American culture at its "vernacular" level. He shows how the "blues voice" and its economic undertones are both central to the American narrative and characteristic of the Afro-American way of telling it.

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Relating the blues to American social and literary history and to Afro-American expressive culture, Houston A. Baker, Jr., offers the basis for a broader study of American culture at its "vernacular" level. He shows how the "blues voice" and its economic undertones are both central to the American narrative and characteristic of the Afro-American way of telling it.

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