Black resonance [electronic resource] : iconic women singers and African American literature / Emily J. Lordi.
Lordi, Emily J., 1979-
2013
PS153.N5 L68 2013eb
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Title
Black resonance [electronic resource] : iconic women singers and African American literature / Emily J. Lordi.
Author
Lordi, Emily J., 1979-
ISBN
9780813562506 hardcover
9780813562490 paperback
9780813562513 electronic book
Published
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (303 pages) : illustrations.
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PS153.N5 L68 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
810.9/896073
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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American Literatures Initiative.
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Black resonance : iconic women singers and African American literature.
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Introduction: Black resonance
Vivid lyricism: Richard Wright and Bessie Smith's blues
The timbre of sincerity: Mahalia Jackson's gospel sound and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
Understatement: James Baldwin, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
Haunting: Gayl Jones's Corregidora and Billie Holiday's "strange Fruit"
Signature voices: Nikki Giovanni, Aretha Franklin, and the Black Arts movement
Epilogue: "At Last": Etta James, poetry, hip hop.

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