The Modern Witch's Book of Symbols
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The Modern Witch's Book of Symbols by Sarah L Morrison
Singing was just one element of blues performance in the early twentieth century. Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and other classic blues singers also tapped, joked, and flaunted extravagant costumes on tent show and black vaudeville stages. The press even described these women as actresses long before they achieved worldwide fame for their musical recordings. In Staging the Blues, Paige A. McGinley shows that even though folklorists, record producers, and festival promoters set the theatricality of early blues aside in favor of notions of authenticity, it remained creatively vibrant throughout the twentieth century. Highlighting performances by Rainey, Smith, Lead Belly, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee in small Mississippi towns, Harlem theaters, and the industrial British North, this pioneering study foregrounds virtuoso blues artists who used the conventions of the theater, including dance, comedy, and costume, to stage black mobility, to challenge narratives of racial authenticity, and to fight for racial and economic justice.
Deborah Uman is Associate Professor of English at St. John Fisher College, USA. Sara Morrison is Assistant Professor of English at William Jewell College, USA.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780806519098 |
| ISBN 10 | 0806519096 |
| Title | The Modern Witch's Book of Symbols |
| Author | Sarah L Morrison |
| Series | Library Of The Mystic Arts |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Kensington Publishing |
| Year published | 1997-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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