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Staging the blues : from tent shows to tourism /

Singing was just one element of blues performance in the early twentieth century. Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and other classic blues singers also tapped, joked, and flaunted extravagant costumes on tent show and black vaudeville stages. Even though folklorists, record producers, and festival promoters...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGinley, Paige A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Beale on broadway
  • Real personality : the blues actress
  • Theater folk : Huddie ledbetter on the stage
  • Southern exposure : transatlantic blues
  • Highway 61 revisited : blues tourism at ground zero.