Black Resonance : Iconic Women Singers and African American Literature /

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"Ever since Bessie Smith's powerful voice conspired with the "race records" industry to make her a star in the 1920s, African American writers have memorialized the sounds and theorized the politics of black women's singing. In Black Resonance, Emily J. Lordi analyzes writin...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Lordi, Emily J., 1979-
Collectivité auteur: American Literatures Initiative
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Music in literature.
American fiction > African American authors.
African American women in literature.
MUSIC > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Musique dans la litterature.
Chanteuses noires americaines > Dans la litterature.
Roman americain > Auteurs noirs americains > Histoire et critique.
African American women singers > In literature.
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: Black resonance
  • Vivid lyricism: Richard Wright and Bessie Smith's blues
  • The timbre of sincerity: Mahalia Jackson's gospel sound and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
  • Understatement: James Baldwin, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
  • Haunting: Gayl Jones's Corregidora and Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit"
  • Signature voices: Nikki Giovanni, Aretha Franklin, and the Black Arts movement
  • Epilogue: "At Last": Etta James, poetry, hip hop.

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