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Melus, 2014-12, Vol.39 (4), p.69-91

2014

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

Titel

The Blues Tribute Poem and the Legacies of Gertrude "Ma" Rainey and Bessie Smith

Ist Teil von

Ort / Verlag

USA: Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Humanities

Beschreibungen/Notizen

[...]in his eponymous poem "Ma Rainey" (1930), Sterling Brown stages a Rainey performance and pays tribute to the cathartic relief and inspiration she provides her African American fans and, by extension, Brown. [...]Brown's collection Southern Road (1932), in which "Ma Rainey" was reprinted, includes a number of memorable folk personae-Big Boy, Bessie, Sister Lou, and Slim Greer, to name a few-but Brown's representation of Rainey remains distinct in blurring the line between history and mythology, for the poem transforms Rainey the blues star into a symbol of African American folk authenticity.

Sprache: Englisch
Identifikatoren: ISSN: 0163-755X, 1946-3170
eISSN: 1946-3170
DOI: 10.1093/melus/mlu039
Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_journals_1641841439

Format: –
Schlagworte: 1886-1939, 1894-1937, 1900-1999, African American authors, African American culture, African American poets, African American studies, African Americans, American literature, American poetry, Authenticity, Authors, black identity, Blues, Blues (Music) in literature, Blues for Bessie, Blues music, blues song, Brown, Sterling A, English Literature, Feminism, folk literature, Folk poetry, folk song, Harlem Renaissance poetry, In literature, Legacies, Ma Rainey, Musical performances, Musicians & conductors, Mythology, Narrative poetry, O'Higgins, Myron, Poetry, Poets, Rainey, Gertrude (Ma) (1886-1939), Rainey, Ma, Smith, Bessie, Smith, Bessie (1894?-1937), Smith, Bessie(1898?-1937), Song, Music, Ballad, Traditional Culture, Folklore and Folklife, Tribute Poems, Twentieth Century, United States, Women, Womens songs, Writers

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