Shaping Words to Fit the Soul : The Southern Ritual Grounds of Afro-Modernism /
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Columbus :
Ohio State University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A life and power far beyond the letter : the Afro-modernism of life and times of Frederick Douglass
- Shaping words to fit the soul : Afro-modernism and the breakdown of communication in Jean Toomer's Cane
- Roll call : Richard Wright's "Long black song" and the betrayal of music
- Blues and the abstract truth : the Southern groove continuum from W.C. Handy to the Allman Brothers Band
- Life and death in the Dirty South : the urban ritual grounds of Tayari Jones
- Conclusion. "The biggest colored show on earth" : Afro-modernism, hip-hop, and postmodern blackness.


