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Always in pursuit : fresh American perspectives, 1995-1997
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- Creator
- Stanley Crouch
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Pantheon Books, [1998]
- ©1998
- Physical Details
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- ix, 323 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780375401534, 0375401539
- OCLC
- ocm37157514
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: Blues to You, Part III -- Pt. 1. To Throw an Arm Around Life and Move with It: An Overture in Themes. Blues for Tomorrow: A Gathering of Commentaries on Our American Condition -- Pt. 2. A Number One Himself: Reflections on a Master. Duke Ellington: Transcontinental Swing -- Pt. 3. Celebrity Nudes: Bloodshed, Sex, and Narcissism. Truth Crushed to Earth. The Dardenilla Dilemma: Selling Hostile Chocolate and Vanilla Animus. The Dream Was Not in Place. Blues for Three Widows. The Huffing and Puffing Military Blues. The King of Narcissism -- Pt. 4. Regarding Books: Homeric or Not? Two on the Money. Bible Belt Greco-Roman Blues: The Shadow of the Negro. The Blues Is the Accompaniment. Some Words about Albert Murray: Universal Counterpoint from the Bass Clef. Somebody Knew -- Pt. 5. Foreign Intrigue: Some Dateline Ganders and Musings. Downstairs Blues Upstairs. World War II at Fifty. Hiroshima, Mon Amour. Who's Sorry Now? Patty-Cake with Blood. Forgotten Girl-Slave Blues. Whose Business Is Our Business? Trouble in the East -- Pt. 6. Up from the Grim: Transitional Speculation, Ron Brown, and a Christmas Card. Who Will Enjoy the Shadow of Whom? Meditation on Ron Brown, in Two Parts. Spirits Spun in Gold -- Pt. 7. Images of Light in Dark Rooms: Some Cinematic Achievements. Two Out of Three: Reinventing Americana. Blues at the Gallows Pole. The Radio Play Goes Public as the Sit-down Raises Up. The Nutty Professor. Bull Feeney Plays the Blues: John Ford and the Meaning of Democracy -- Pt. 8. Shout-Chorus on the Way Out: How Dare We Do All the Things We Dare to Do? Blues to Be Redefined