UID:
edocfu_9958351925502883
Format:
1 online resource (320 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Harvard University Press, 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
System requirements: Web browser.
Edition:
Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
ISBN:
9780674054769
Content:
W. C. Handy waking up to the blues on a train platform, Buddy Bolden eavesdropping on the drums at Congo Square, John Lomax taking his phonograph recorder into a southern penitentiary - in Disturbing the Peace, Bryan Wagner revises the history of the black vernacular tradition and gives a new account of black culture by reading these myths in the context of the tradition's ongoing engagement with the law.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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ILLUSTRATIONS --
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INTRODUCTION --
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1. THE BLACK TRADITION FROM IDA B. WELLS TO ROBERT CHARLES --
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2. THE STRANGE CAREER OF BRAS- COUPÉ --
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3. UNCLE REMUS AND THE ATLANTA POLICE DEPARTMENT --
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4. THE BLACK TRADITION FROM GEORGE W. JOHNSON TO OZELLA JONES --
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NOTES --
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
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INDEX.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674054769
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674054769
