Black resonance : iconic women singers and African American literature / Emily J. Lordi. [electronic resource]
Material type: TextSeries: American Literatures Initiative ; Publisher: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (303 pages) : illustrationsISBN:- 9780813562513 (e-book)
- 810.9/896073 23
- PS153.N5 L68 2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Black resonance -- Vivid lyricism: Richard Wright and Bessie Smith's blues -- The timbre of sincerity: Mahalia Jackson's gospel sound and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man -- Understatement: James Baldwin, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday -- Haunting: Gayl Jones's Corregidora and Billie Holiday's "strange Fruit" -- Signature voices: Nikki Giovanni, Aretha Franklin, and the Black Arts movement -- Epilogue: "At Last": Etta James, poetry, hip hop.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.