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Overview"How do you love and not like the same thing at the same time? This was the riddle that met Mississippi writer B. Brian Foster when he returned to his home state to learn about black culture and found himself hearing about the blues. One moment, black Mississippians would say they knew and appreciated the blues. The next, they would say they didn't like it. For five years, Foster listened and asked: ""How?"" ""Why not?"" ""Will it ever change?"" This is the story of the answers to his questions. In this illuminating work, Foster takes us where not many blues writers and scholars have gone: into the homes, memories, speculative visions, and lifeworlds of black folks in contemporary Mississippi to hear what they have to say about the blues and all that has come about since their forebears first sang them. In so doing, Foster urges us to think differently about race, place, and community development and models a different way of hearing the sounds of black life, a method that he calls listening for the backbeat." Full Product DetailsAuthor: B. Brian FosterPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Weight: 0.477kg ISBN: 9781469660417ISBN 10: 1469660415 Pages: 206 Publication Date: 30 December 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsFoster's thoughtful and well-researched look at race and the blues via an exploration of a distressed and declining Southern rural town will be useful to music and sociology academics. -Library Journal Author InformationB. Brian Foster is assistant professor of sociology and southern studies at the University of Mississippi. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |