Images of The Apocalypse in African American Blues and Spirituals : Destruction in this Land Hardback
by Małgorzata Ziołek-Sowinska
Part of the New Americanists in Poland series
Hardback
Description
This book explores the recurrence of Apocalyptic motifs and imagery in blues and spirituals recorded by blues musicians.
It looks at the ways in which Black Americans portray Apocalypse ideas about the Last Judgement from the Book of Revelation.
It also focuses on how literary themes in spirituals and blues depict the destruction of the world, death, Christian judgement, heaven and catastrophic events in personal lives of African Americans that result in loss.
Selected blues lyrics and texts of spirituals show the persistence of these themes.
The book was written with a broad potential audience in mind especially among those interested in religion, eschatology, spirituals, blues and African American studies.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:136 pages
- Publisher:Peter Lang AG
- Publication Date:10/02/2017
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- ISBN:9783631681312
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:136 pages
- Publisher:Peter Lang AG
- Publication Date:10/02/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9783631681312
