Melanie E Bratcher

Words and Songs of Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone

Sound Motion, Blues Spirit, and African Memory

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the relationship between three African American women's dance-art-music sensibilities within the context of a Pan African aesthetic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 162mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780415980296
• ISBN-10: 0415980291
• Artikelnr.: 22019279

Autorenporträt

Melanie E. Bratcher is a native of Oklahoma and descendent of parents who experienced sharecropping, she is the first in her family to graduate college. As a singer, dancer and scholar, her most relevant publication entitled "Tribute" was performed at the University of Oklahoma where she is Assistant Professor of African & African American Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Catching the Blues Spirit 3. Musing African Memory 4. 3
Women 5. Sound Motion and Spirit 6. Summary and Conclusion. Appendix 1:
Discography. Appendix 2: Life Profile Matrix. Appendix 3: Life Profile
Matrix: Analytical Categories Quantified per Singer. Appendix 4: Life
Profile Matrix: Analytical Categories Thematically Qualified. Appendix 5:
Life Profile/Song Matrices. Appendix 6: Discography of Selected Song
Performances on CD. Appendix Seven: Selected Songs/Prevalent Themes
Matrices. Appendix Eight: Explanation of Nzuri Model Contexts. Appendix
Nine: Application of Nzuri to Selected Song Performances