Melanie E. Bratcher

Words and Songs of Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone (eBook, PDF)

Sound Motion, Blues Spirit, and African Memory

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135861445
• Artikelnr.: 43073933

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