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Looking Up At Down: The Emergence Of Blues Culture,Used
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More than just a history of a musical genre, Looking Up at Down traces the evolution of the various strands of blues music within the broader context of the culture on which it commented, and discusses its importance as a form of cultural resistance and identity for AfroAmericans. William Barlow explores the lyrics, describes the musical styles, and portrays the musicians and performers who created this uniquely American music. He describes how the blues soundwith its recognizable dissonance and African musical standardsand the blues text, which provided a bottom up view of American society, became bulwarks of cultural resistance.Using rare recordings, oral histories, and interviews, Barlow analyzes how the blues was sustained as a form of AfroAmerican cultural resistance despite attempts by the dominant culture to assimilate and commercialize the music and exploit its artists.
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