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The British Blues Network : Adoption, Emulation, and Creativity /

Beginning in the late 1950s, an influential cadre of young, white, mostly middle-class British men were consuming and appropriating African-American blues music, using blues tropes in their own music and creating a network of admirers and emulators that spanned the Atlantic. This cross-fertilization...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kellett, Andrew, 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Talkin' 'Bout My Generation: The Socioeconomic and Cultural Background
  • Trying to Make London My Home: Introductory Encounters with the Blues
  • But My Dad Was Black: Masculinity, Mobility, and Blues Culture in Britain
  • Blues Brothers: Camaraderie, Collaboration, and Competition in the British Blues Network
  • I Just Can't Be Satisfied: Between Authenticity and Creativity.