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The invention and reinvention of Big Bill Broonzy /Kevin D. Greene.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781469646503
  • 9781469646510
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • ML420 .I584 2018
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Contents:
Carving out a home in the promised land -- Southern migrant blues : Lee Bradley and the Black Metropolis -- The rise of Big Bill -- I come for to sing -- We love the blues, but tell us about jazz -- Big Bill Broonzy : the making of a legend -- Escaping the folk : the 'authentic' career of a black pop star.
Subject: "Over the course of his long career, legendary bluesman William 'Big Bill' Broonzy (1893-1958) helped shape the trajectory of the genre ... Along the way, Broonzy adopted an evolving personal and professional identity, tailoring his self-presentation to the demands of the place and time. Kevin D. Greene argues that Broonzy's popular success testifies to his ability to navigate the cultural expectations of his different audiences. Using Broonzy's multifaceted career, Greene situates blues performance at the center of understanding African American self-presentation and racial identity in the first half of the twentieth century.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Southern blues -- Carving out a home in the promised land -- Southern migrant blues : Lee Bradley and the Black Metropolis -- The rise of Big Bill -- I come for to sing -- We love the blues, but tell us about jazz -- Big Bill Broonzy : the making of a legend -- Escaping the folk : the 'authentic' career of a black pop star.

"Over the course of his long career, legendary bluesman William 'Big Bill' Broonzy (1893-1958) helped shape the trajectory of the genre ... Along the way, Broonzy adopted an evolving personal and professional identity, tailoring his self-presentation to the demands of the place and time. Kevin D. Greene argues that Broonzy's popular success testifies to his ability to navigate the cultural expectations of his different audiences. Using Broonzy's multifaceted career, Greene situates blues performance at the center of understanding African American self-presentation and racial identity in the first half of the twentieth century.

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