Le Peuple Du Blues by Le Roi Jones

Le Peuple Du Blues by Le Roi Jones

A must for all who would more knowledgeably appreciate and better comprehend America's most popular music. -- Langston Hughes

The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music--through the music that is most closely associated with him: blues and a later, but parallel development, jazz. If] the Negro represents, or is symbolic of, something in and about the nature of American culture, this certainly should be revealed by his characteristic music.

So says Amiri Baraka in the Introduction to Blues People, his classic work on the place of jazz and blues in American social, musical, economic, and cultural history. From the music of African slaves in the United States through the music scene of the 1960's, Baraka traces the influence of what he calls negro music on white America--not only in the context of music and pop culture but also in terms of the values and perspectives passed on through the music. In tracing the music, he brilliantly illuminates the influence of African Americans on American culture and history.

LEE JONES Lecturer in International Politics in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London, UK, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His research focuses on state-society relations, sovereignty and international intervention and has been published in journals such as The Pacific Review, Asian Security, and The Cambridge Review of International Affairs.

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ISBN 13	9782070403448
ISBN 10	2070403440
Title	Le Peuple Du Blues
Author	Le Roi Jones
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Messageries du Livre
Year published	1996-12-31
Number of pages	336
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