Beyond the crossroads : the devil & the blues tradition /
Beyond the crossroads : the devil and the blues tradition
Adam Gussow.
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource (404 pages) : illustrations, maps
- New directions in southern studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Heaven and hell parties: Southern religion and the devil's music -- Sold it to the devil: the great migration, lost generations, and the perils of the urban dance hall -- I'm going to marry the devil's daughter: blues tricksters signifying on Jim Crow -- The devil's gonna get you: blues romance and the paradoxes of black freedom -- Selling it at the crossroads: the lives and legacies of Robert Johnson -- Playing for the haints: Ike's protege and crossroads folklore -- I got a big white fella from Memphis made a deal with me: black men, white boys, and the anxieties of blues postmodernity in Walter Hill's crossroads -- Local and private legislation: branding the crossroads in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
9781469633688 9781469633671
Johnson, Robert, 1911-1938.
Blues (Music)--History and criticism.--Southern States Blues (Music)--Religious aspects. Devil in music.