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Black Resonance: Iconic Women Singers and African American Literature - The American Literatures Initiative Emily J. Lordi
Black Resonance: Iconic Women Singers and African American Literature - The American Literatures Initiative
Emily J. Lordi
Black Resonance analyzes writings by Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Gayl Jones, and Nikki Giovanni that engage such iconic singers as Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, and Aretha Franklin. The book focuses on two generations of artists from the 1920s to the 1970s; each chapter pairs one writer with one singer to crystallize the artistic practice they share: lyricism, sincerity, understatement, haunting, and the creation of a signature voice.
288 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 8, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780813562506 |
| Publishers | Rutgers University Press |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 21 mm · 585 g |