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The legendary Greek figure Orpheus was said to have possessed magical powers capable of moving all living and inanimate things through the sound of his lyre and
The Music in African American Fiction
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Robert H. Cataliotti
Categories: History
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Race Sounds
Language: en
Pages: 183
Authors: Nicole Brittingham Furlonge
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-15 - Publisher: University of Iowa Press

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Forging new ideas about the relationship between race and sound, Furlonge explores how black artists--including well-known figures such as writers Ralph Ellison
Spiritual, Blues, and Jazz People in African American Fiction
Language: en
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Authors: A. Yemisi Jimoh
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press

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Jimoh (English, U. of Arkansas-Fayetteville) investigates African American intracultural issues that inform a more broadly intertextual use of music in creating
Black Resonance
Language: en
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Authors: Emily J. Lordi
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Ever since Bessie Smith’s powerful voice conspired with the “race records” industry to make her a star in the 1920s, African American writers have memoria