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Shaping words to fit the soul : the southern ritual grounds of Afro-modernism
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- Creator
- Jürgen E. Grandt
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2009]
- ©2009
- Physical Details
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- x, 192 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0814271456, 0814292097, 9780814292099, 0814211127, 9780814256374, 9780814211120, 9780814271452
- OCLC
- ocn741712280, ocn320621561
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-181) and index.
- A life and power far beyond the letter : the Afro-modernism of life and times of Frederick Douglass -- Shaping words to fit the soul : Afro-modernism and the breakdown of communication in Jean Toomer's Cane -- Roll call : Richard Wright's "Long black song" and the betrayal of music -- Blues and the abstract truth : the Southern groove continuum from W. C. Handy to the Allman Brothers Band -- Life and death in the Dirty South : the urban ritual grounds of Tayari Jones -- Conclusion. "The biggest colored show on earth" : Afro-modernism, hip-hop, and postmodern blackness
Subjects
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Jones, Tayari -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Allman Brothers Band -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Modernism (Literature)
- American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
- Modernism (Music)