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Disturbing the peace : Black culture and the police power after slavery /

W.C. Handy waking up to the blues on a train platform, Buddy Bolden eavesdropping on the drums at Congo Square, John Lomax taking his phonograph recorder into a southern penitentiary - in Disturbing the Peace, Bryan Wagner revises the history of the black vernacular tradition and gives a new account...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wagner, Bryan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:W.C. Handy waking up to the blues on a train platform, Buddy Bolden eavesdropping on the drums at Congo Square, John Lomax taking his phonograph recorder into a southern penitentiary - in Disturbing the Peace, Bryan Wagner revises the history of the black vernacular tradition and gives a new account of black culture by reading these myths in the context of the tradition's ongoing engagement with the law.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vii, 307 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674054769
0674054768