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005			20251028093426.0
008			170118s2017 ncuab b s001 0 eng c
010			_a 2017002264
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781469633657
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100	1		_aGussow, Adam, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBeyond the crossroads : _bthe devil & the blues tradition / _cAdam Gussow.
246	3		_aBeyond the crossroads : _bthe devil and the blues tradition
264		1	_aChapel Hill : _bThe University of North Carolina Press, _c2017
300			_a404 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aNew directions in southern studies
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aHeaven and hell parties: Southern religion and the devil's music -- Sold it to the devil: the great migration, lost generations, and the perils of the urban dance hall -- I'm going to marry the devil's daughter: blues tricksters signifying on Jim Crow -- The devil's gonna get you: blues romance and the paradoxes of black freedom -- Selling it at the crossroads: the lives and legacies of Robert Johnson -- Playing for the haints: Ike's prot�eg�e and crossroads folklore -- I got a big white fella from Memphis made a deal with me: black men, white boys, and the anxieties of blues postmodernity in Walter Hill's crossroads -- Local and private legislation: branding the crossroads in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
520			_a"The devil is the most charismatic and important figure in the blues tradition. He's not just the music's namesake ('the devil's music'), but a shadowy presence who haunts an imagined Mississippi crossroads where, it is claimed, Delta bluesman Robert Johnson traded away his soul in exchange for extraordinary prowess on the guitar. Yet, as scholar and musician Adam Gussow argues, there is much more to the story of the devil and the blues than these cliched understandings. Gussow takes the full measure of the devil's presence. Working from original transcriptions of more than 125 recordings released during the past ninety years, Gussow explores the varied uses to which black southern blues people have put this trouble-sowing, love-wrecking, but also empowering figure. The book culminates with a reinterpretation of Johnson's music and a investigation of the way in which the citizens of Clarksdale, Mississippi, managed to rebrand a commercial hub as "the crossroads" in 1952, claiming Johnson and the devil as their own." -- Provided by the publisher. _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aJohnson, Robert, _d1911-1938.
650		0	_aAfrican American musicians _zSouthern States _y20th century.
650		0	_aBlues (Music) _zSouthern States _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aBlues (Music) _xReligious aspects.
650		0	_aDevil in music.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _zSouthern States _xMusic _xHistory.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _zSouthern States _xSocial life and customs _xHistory.
655		7	_aCriticism, interpretation, etc.
830		0	_aNew directions in southern studies.
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