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Blues from the Delta
Contributor(s): Ferris, William (Author)

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 ISBN: 0306803275     ISBN-13: 9780306803277
Publisher: Da Capo Press
OUR PRICE: $20.89  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: August 1988
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Annotation: "William Ferris, director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, has written a book as deep as the blues: rich in conversation, reference, history, and firsth"
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Music | History & Criticism - General
- Music | Musical Instruments - General
- Music | Genres & Styles - Blues
Dewey: 784.530
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" L (0.80 lbs) 250 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Deep South
- Cultural Region - Gulf Coast
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region - South
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Geographic Orientation - Mississippi
 
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Publisher Description:
William Ferris, director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, has written a book as deep as the blues: rich in conversation, reference, history, and firsthand experience with blues musicians and the culture that informs the music. The poetry, games, house parties, religious and secular traditions of black life in the Delta are explored in living prose that is also a work of immense scholarship.
 
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