Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature: A Vernacular Theory
By Houston A. Baker, Jr. (NHC Fellow, 1982–83) Relating the blues to American social and literary history and to Afro-American expressive culture, Houston A. Baker, Jr., offers the basis for a broader study of American culture at its "vernacular" level. He shows how the "blues voice" and its economic undertones are both central to the … Continued
