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Author: Stacy I. Morgan
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.426kg
ISBN: 9781477312087
ISBN 10: 1477312080
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 18 April 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
A well-researched analysis of the complex intersections between African American culture and folklore and mainstream popular music and film culture of the 1930s. * Journal of American Folklore * Morgan's brilliant examination of race and gender in creative appropriations of the 'Frankie and Johnny' ballad furthers the discourse on how African American folk culture contributed to the unique characteristics of American modernism during the 1930s. * Journal of Southern History *
Morgan's brilliant examination of race and gender in creative appropriations of the 'Frankie and Johnny' ballad furthers the discourse on how African American folk culture contributed to the unique characteristics of American modernism during the 1930s. * Journal of Southern History * A well-researched analysis of the complex intersections between African American culture and folklore and mainstream popular music and film culture of the 1930s. * Journal of American Folklore * [A] masterpiece...Frankie and Johnny showcases the talents of performers, entertainers, composers, and artists while simultaneously telegraphing the tormented rawness of unrequited fidelity...Morgan's tireless, copious research yields rich rewards, allowing the reader an emotionally vicarious experience of a 'somebody done somebody wrong' theme. * Journal of African American History *
Morgan's brilliant examination of race and gender in creative appropriations of the 'Frankie and Johnny' ballad furthers the discourse on how African American folk culture contributed to the unique characteristics of American modernism during the 1930s. (Journal of Southern History) A well-researched analysis of the complex intersections between African American culture and folklore and mainstream popular music and film culture of the 1930s. (Journal of American Folklore) [A] masterpiece...Frankie and Johnny showcases the talents of performers, entertainers, composers, and artists while simultaneously telegraphing the tormented rawness of unrequited fidelity...Morgan's tireless, copious research yields rich rewards, allowing the reader an emotionally vicarious experience of a 'somebody done somebody wrong' theme. (Journal of African American History)
Author Information
Stacy I. Morgan is an associate professor of American studies at the University of Alabama. He is the author of Rethinking Social Realism: African American Art and Literature, 1930–1953.
