Black Resonance : Iconic Women Singers and African American Literature.
Title:
Black Resonance : Iconic Women Singers and African American Literature.
Author:
Lordi, Emily J.
ISBN:
9780813562513
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (303 pages)
Series:
The American Literatures Initiative
Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Black Resonance -- 1. Vivid Lyricism: Richard Wright and Bessie Smith's Blues -- 2. The Timbre of Sincerity: Mahalia Jackson's Gospel Sound and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man -- 3. Understatement: James Baldwin, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday -- 4. Haunting: Gayl Jones's Corregidora and Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" -- 5. Signature Voices: Nikki Giovanni, Aretha Franklin, and the Black Arts Movement -- Epilogue. "At Last":Etta James, Poetry, Hip Hop -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
Black Resonance analyzes writings by Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Gayl Jones, and Nikki Giovanni that engage such iconic singers as Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, and Aretha Franklin. The book focuses on two generations of artists from the 1920s to the 1970s; each chapter pairs one writer with one singer to crystallize the artistic practice they share: lyricism, sincerity, understatement, haunting, and the creation of a signature voice.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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