Black resonance
Lordi, Emily J., 1979-
Black resonance iconic women singers and African American literature / [electronic resource] : Emily J. Lordi. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - American Literatures Initiative . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780813562513 0813562511
Music in literature.
African American women in literature.
African American women singers--In literature.
American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS153.N5 / L68 2013
810.9/896073
Black resonance iconic women singers and African American literature / [electronic resource] : Emily J. Lordi. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - American Literatures Initiative . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780813562513 0813562511
Music in literature.
African American women in literature.
African American women singers--In literature.
American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS153.N5 / L68 2013
810.9/896073