Debt and Redemption in the Blues: The Call for Justice by Simon, Julia

Debt and Redemption in the Blues: The Call for Justice (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780271094953)

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Format: Hardcover
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Debt and Redemption in the Blues: The Call for Justice by Simon, Julia

Debt and Redemption in the Blues: The Call for Justice

$104.95
Debt and Redemption in the Blues: The Call for Justice by Simon, Julia

Debt and Redemption in the Blues: The Call for Justice

$104.95
Format: Hardcover
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Explores lyrical representations of romantic and sexual betrayal in the blues, revealing deceit and entrapment constraining the physical, socioeconomic, and political movement of African Americans. Argues that blues music calls for a reckoning while expressing faith in a secular and moral justice-to-come.



Author: Julia Simon
ISBN-10: 0271094958
ISBN-13: 9780271094953
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/18/2023
Pages: 254
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2024
By Julia Simon
By Julia Simon
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Julia Simon is Professor of French and is on the faculty of the Cultural Studies Graduate Group at the University of California, Davis. She is the author of five books, including The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson: Blues, Race, Identity, also published by Penn State University Press.

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