Description: The Meaning of the Blues by Paul Oliver with a Foreword by Richard Wright (Rare OOP 1966 Paperback Edition)The book examines the functions of the blues as black American folk music recorded during the 78 rpm era, from the 1920s to the 1950s. The lyrics are quoted extensively throughout the book, revealing their significance as a means of communication within black society. The author shows how the themes of labour and unemployment, migration and the Depression years, love, sex, and marriage, crime, violence and imprisonment, disasters, sickness, war and death are expressed in black idioms and he discusses their meaning on many levels.Rare, Out-of-Print / Vintage Paperback / Collier Books / 1966 / Very Good Condition / In Protective Plastic Sleeve
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Brand: Collier
Color: Multicolor
Book Title: The Meaning of the Blues
Author: Paul Oliver
ISBN: NA
Language: English
