Disturbing the peace: black culture and the police power after slavery
Auteur :
Wagner, Bryan
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674035089
Date de publication :
1 oct. 2009
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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—Wagner gives a new account of black culture by reading these myths in the context of the black vernacular tradition’s ongoing engagement with the law.