Leo G. Mazow

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Picturing the Banjo

Beschreibung

The history of the banjo is as haunting as its music. Made popular in minstrel shows of the nineteenth century, the "banjar" derives from the stringed gourd instrument African slaves brought with them to plantations in the Caribbean and American South. From minstrelsy to the folk music revival of the twentieth century, the banjo has continued to attract audiences and acquire meaning.

Autor

Leo G. Mazow is Associate Professor of American Art History at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penn State University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 293mm x 228mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 1093g
• ISBN-13: 9780271027104
• ISBN-10: 027102710X
• Artikelnr.: 21415078