@article{453856,
      author = {Young, Kevin,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/453856},
      title = {The grey album : on the blackness of blackness /},
      publisher = {Graywolf Press,},
      abstract = {"Taking its title from Danger Mouse's pioneering mash-up  of Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles' The White  Album, Kevin Young's encyclopedic book combines essay,  cultural criticism, and lyrical chorus to illustrate the  African American tradition of lying--telling tales,  fibbing, improvising, jazzing up, "storying." What emerges  is a persuasive argument for the many ways that African  American culture is American culture, and for the  centrality of art--and artfulness--to our daily lives.  Moving from gospel to soul, funk to freestyle, Young shifts  through the shadows, the bootleg, the remix--all the grey  areas of our history, literature, and music."--P. [4] of  cover.},
      recid = {453856},
      pages = {483 p. :},
      address = {Minneapolis, Minn. :},
      year = {2012},
}