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Give My Poor Heart Ease
William Ferris
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Description for Give My Poor Heart Ease
Paperback. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, folklorist Ferris documented the voices of African Americans as they spoke about and performed the diverse musical traditions that form the authentic roots of the blues. Illustrated. Series: H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, Includes a CD of original music, illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AVGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 204 x 23. Weight in Grams: 876.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, folklorist William Ferris toured his home state of Mississippi, documenting the voices of African Americans as they spoke about and performed the diverse musical traditions that form the authentic roots of the blues. Illustrated with Ferris’s photographs of the musicians and their communities and including a CD of original music, this book features more than 20 interviews relating frank, dramatic, and engaging narratives about black life and blues music in the heart of the American South. Oversize, with 45 halftones.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, folklorist William Ferris toured his home state of Mississippi, documenting the voices of African Americans as they spoke about and performed the diverse musical traditions that form the authentic roots of the blues. Illustrated with Ferris’s photographs of the musicians and their communities and including a CD of original music, this book features more than 20 interviews relating frank, dramatic, and engaging narratives about black life and blues music in the heart of the American South. Oversize, with 45 halftones.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469628875
SKU
V9781469628875
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About William Ferris
William Ferris is Joel R. Williamson Eminent Professor of History and senior associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. A former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Ferris coedited the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture and is the author of Blues from the Delta. ... Read more
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