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The songs of blind folk : African American musicians and the cultures of blindness

Title
The songs of blind folk : African American musicians and the cultures of blindness / Terry Rowden.
Author
Rowden, Terry.
Publication
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2009]

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Description
171 pages : portraits; 23 cm
Series Statement
Corporealities. Discourses of disability
Uniform Title
Corporealities.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-163) and index.
Contents
Blind Tom and the cultural politics of visibility -- Blind in blue : blindness and identity in the blues tradition -- The souls of blind folk : blindness and blind people in African American spiritual and gospel music -- Blindness and the rhetoric of "genius" : Art Tatum, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Ray Charles -- The inner and outer visions of Stevie Wonder.
Call Number
Sc E 16-1046
ISBN
  • 9780472070640
  • 0472070649
  • 9780472050642
  • 0472050648
LCCN
2009014542
OCLC
318192028
Author
Rowden, Terry.
Title
The songs of blind folk : African American musicians and the cultures of blindness / Terry Rowden.
Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2009]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Corporealities. Discourses of disability
Corporealities.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-163) and index.
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc E 16-1046
JNE 10-1
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