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Collected essays & memoirs, Albert Murray ; Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Paul Devlin, editors

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In his 1970 classic The Omni-Americans, Albert Murray (1916-2013) took aim at protest writers and social scientists who accentuated the "pathology" of race in American life. Against narratives of marginalization and victimhood, Murray argued that black art and culture, particularly jazz and blues, stand at the very headwaters of the American mainstream, and that much of what is best in American art embodies the "blues-hero tradition"--A heritage of grace, wit, and inspired improvisation in the face of adversity. Murray went on to refine these ideas in The Blue Devils of Nada and From the Briarpatch File, and all three landmark collections of essays are gathered here for the first time, together with Murray's memoir South to a Very Old Place, his brilliant lecture series The Hero and the Blues, his masterpiece of jazz criticism Stomping the Blues, and eight previously uncollected pieces
Language
eng
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xi, 1049 pages
Note
Selected nonfiction writings originally published 1964-2004
Contents
  • U.S. Negroes and U.S. Jews : no cause for alarm
  • "Soul" : thirty-two meanings not in your dictionary
  • "Stone" : definition and usage
  • Two nations? Only two?
  • Bearden in theory and ritual
  • Three omni-American artists
  • Jazz : notes toward a definition
  • Chronology
  • The omni-Americans
  • South to a very old place
  • The hero and the blues
  • Stomping the blues
  • The blue devils of Nada
  • From the briarpatch file
  • Other writings.
  • "The problem" is not just black and white
Isbn
9781598535037
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Collected essays & memoirs
Title
Collected essays & memoirs
Statement of responsibility
Albert Murray ; Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Paul Devlin, editors
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  • Albert Murray, collected essays & memoirs
  • Collected essays and memoirs
  • Albert Murray, collected essays and memoirs
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
In his 1970 classic The Omni-Americans, Albert Murray (1916-2013) took aim at protest writers and social scientists who accentuated the "pathology" of race in American life. Against narratives of marginalization and victimhood, Murray argued that black art and culture, particularly jazz and blues, stand at the very headwaters of the American mainstream, and that much of what is best in American art embodies the "blues-hero tradition"--A heritage of grace, wit, and inspired improvisation in the face of adversity. Murray went on to refine these ideas in The Blue Devils of Nada and From the Briarpatch File, and all three landmark collections of essays are gathered here for the first time, together with Murray's memoir South to a Very Old Place, his brilliant lecture series The Hero and the Blues, his masterpiece of jazz criticism Stomping the Blues, and eight previously uncollected pieces
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Murray, Albert
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1980-
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  • Gates, Henry Louis
  • Devlin, Paul
Series statement
The library of America
Series volume
284
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  • Murray, Albert
  • Murray, Albert
  • Murray, Albert
  • African American authors
  • American essays
  • United States
  • Literature
  • Music
  • Écrivains noirs américains
  • Essais américains
  • États-Unis
  • Littérature
  • Musique
  • African American authors
  • American essays
  • Literature
  • Music
  • Race relations
  • United States
  • UNITED STATES
Label
Collected essays & memoirs, Albert Murray ; Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Paul Devlin, editors
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Publication
Note
Selected nonfiction writings originally published 1964-2004
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 956-1020) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • U.S. Negroes and U.S. Jews : no cause for alarm
  • "Soul" : thirty-two meanings not in your dictionary
  • "Stone" : definition and usage
  • Two nations? Only two?
  • Bearden in theory and ritual
  • Three omni-American artists
  • Jazz : notes toward a definition
  • Chronology
  • The omni-Americans
  • South to a very old place
  • The hero and the blues
  • Stomping the blues
  • The blue devils of Nada
  • From the briarpatch file
  • Other writings.
  • "The problem" is not just black and white
Control code
936192059
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
xi, 1049 pages
Isbn
9781598535037
Lccn
2016934861
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 651
Other control number
99970908681
System control number
(OCoLC)936192059
Label
Collected essays & memoirs, Albert Murray ; Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Paul Devlin, editors
Publication
Note
Selected nonfiction writings originally published 1964-2004
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 956-1020) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • U.S. Negroes and U.S. Jews : no cause for alarm
  • "Soul" : thirty-two meanings not in your dictionary
  • "Stone" : definition and usage
  • Two nations? Only two?
  • Bearden in theory and ritual
  • Three omni-American artists
  • Jazz : notes toward a definition
  • Chronology
  • The omni-Americans
  • South to a very old place
  • The hero and the blues
  • Stomping the blues
  • The blue devils of Nada
  • From the briarpatch file
  • Other writings.
  • "The problem" is not just black and white
Control code
936192059
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
xi, 1049 pages
Isbn
9781598535037
Lccn
2016934861
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 651
Other control number
99970908681
System control number
(OCoLC)936192059

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