Time in the Blues
Author | : Julia Simon |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2017 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780190666552 |
ISBN-13 | : 0190666552 |
Rating | : 4/5 (552 Downloads) |
Download or read book Time in the Blues written by Julia Simon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immediate and spontaneous, the blues focuses on the present moment, creating an experience of time for performer and listener. Time in the Blues offers an interdisciplinary analysis of the forms of temporality produced by and reflected in the blues within the historical context of Jim Crow segregation, sharecropping, racist violence, and migration.