{"product_id":"music-in-black-american-life-16001945-9780252086656","title":"Music in Black American Life 16001945","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first volume of \u003ci\u003eMusic in Black American Life\u003c\/i\u003e collects research and analysis that originally appeared in the journals \u003ci\u003eAmerican Music\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eBlack Music Research Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and in the University of Illinois Press''s acclaimed book series Music in American Life. In these selections, experts from a cross-section of disciplines engage with fundamental issues in ways that changed our perceptions of Black music. The topics includes the culturally and musically complex Black music-making of colonial America; string bands and other lesser-known genres practiced by Black artists; the jubilee industry and its audiences; and innovators in jazz, blues, and Black gospel. \u003cp\u003eEclectic and essential, \u003ci\u003eMusic in Black American Life, 1600–1945\u003c\/i\u003e offers specialists and students alike a gateway to the history and impact of Black music in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: R. Reid Badger, Rae Linda Brown, Samuel A. Floyd Jr., Sandra Jean Graham, Jeffrey Magee, Robert M.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Although the essays in this volume provide a selective history of early Black American music, they illustrate a desire to extend and enrich our understanding of Black musicking. As such, they have fulfilled the editorial goals of their original publications while contributing to new narrative strategies for American music history.\"--Sandra Jean Graham, from the Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400521851223,"sku":"9780252086656","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252086656.jpg?v=1730470886","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/music-in-black-american-life-16001945-9780252086656","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}