In Search of the Blues
by Marybeth Hamilton
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9780224060189
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Jonathan Cape. Very Good. Paperback. 2007. 246 pages. <br>Everyone knows the story of the Delta blues, with its fierce, raw voices and tormented drifters and deals with the devil at the crossroads at midnight. In this book, Marybeth Hamil ton radically rewrites that story. Archaic and primeval though th e music may sound, the idea of something called 'Delta blues' eme rged ... .
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A revisionist account which claims that, archaic and primeval though the music may sound, “Delta blues” emerged in the late twentieth century, the culmination of a longstanding white fascination with black singers untainted by modernity. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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- Title
- In Search of the Blues
- Author
- Marybeth Hamilton
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 022406018X
- ISBN 13
- 9780224060189
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
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