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Blues From The Delta

William R. Ferris

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William Ferris, director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, has written a book as deep as the blues: rich in conversation, reference, history, and firsthand experience with blues musicians and the culture that informs the music. The poetry, games, house parties, religious and secular traditions of black life in the Delta are explored in living prose that is also a work of immense scholarship.

Language: English

Pages: 250

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Release: August 22, 1988

ISBN: 0306803275

ISBN 13: 9780306803277

Blues From The Delta

William R. Ferris

3.9/5 ( ratings)

William Ferris, director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, has written a book as deep as the blues: rich in conversation, reference, history, and firsthand experience with blues musicians and the culture that informs the music. The poetry, games, house parties, religious and secular traditions of black life in the Delta are explored in living prose that is also a work of immense scholarship.

Language: English

Pages: 250

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Release: August 22, 1988

ISBN: 0306803275

ISBN 13: 9780306803277

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