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The Songs of Blind Folk: African American Musicians and the Cultures of Blindness (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability)
Terry Rowden
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Hardcover. Artists like Blind Arthur Blake, Sonny Terry, Arizona Dranes, and Art Tatum have appeared throughout the history of popular music in America - the list of visually impaired black musicians is long. This book examines the ways that blindness, like blackness, shaped both the music these artists produced and the way the nation received it. Series: Corporealities: Discourses of Disability. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVA; JFC; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
This book tells how America has constructed the figure of the visually impaired black performer over the last 150 years. It features Ray Charles, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Stevie Wonder. What explains the apparent link between blindness and musical talent in black performers? Artists like Blind Arthur Blake, Sonny Terry, Arizona Dranes, and Art Tatum have appeared throughout the history of popular music in America - the list of visually impaired black musicians is long. In ""The Songs of Blind Folk"", Terry Rowden examines the ways that blindness, like blackness, shaped both the music these artists produced and the way ... Read more
This book tells how America has constructed the figure of the visually impaired black performer over the last 150 years. It features Ray Charles, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Stevie Wonder. What explains the apparent link between blindness and musical talent in black performers? Artists like Blind Arthur Blake, Sonny Terry, Arizona Dranes, and Art Tatum have appeared throughout the history of popular music in America - the list of visually impaired black musicians is long. In ""The Songs of Blind Folk"", Terry Rowden examines the ways that blindness, like blackness, shaped both the music these artists produced and the way ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
Corporealities: Discourses of Disability
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472070640
SKU
V9780472070640
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99-15
About Terry Rowden
Terry Rowden is Assistant Professor of English at the City University of New York, Staten Island. He is coeditor of the book Transnational Cinema: The Film Reader.
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