The Land Where the Blues Began
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The Land Where the Blues Began is a seminal book documenting the origins, culture, and musicians of the Mississippi Delta blues tradition.
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| The Land Where the Blues Began canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Library of Congress field recordings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Alan Lomax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
field recordings by Alan Lomax
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oral histories collected in the Mississippi Delta ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| documents |
influence of African musical traditions on blues
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juke joints and informal performance spaces ⓘ lives of blues musicians ⓘ migration of blues musicians from rural South to urban centers ⓘ origins of the blues in the Mississippi Delta ⓘ relationship between work songs and blues ⓘ religious and secular musical interplay in the Delta ⓘ role of the blues in African American resistance and expression ⓘ |
| explores |
cultural roots of blues lyrics
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prison work farms ⓘ sharecropping system ⓘ social conditions in the Jim Crow South ⓘ |
| focusesOn | Delta blues tradition ⓘ |
| genre |
music history
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
ethnomusicological
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historical ⓘ |
| hasReputation | seminal work on Delta blues ⓘ |
| includes | interviews with blues musicians ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent scholarship on blues history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed ethnographic approach to blues culture
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firsthand accounts from musicians and community members ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| publisher | Pantheon Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Mississippi Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
African American culture
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Mississippi Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ blues music ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ |
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