The grey album : on the blackness of blackness / Kevin Young.
The grey album : on the blackness of blackness / Kevin Young.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Minneapolis, Minn. : Graywolf Press, c2012.
Call Numbers
G 2013/1119
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
483 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Overture -- bk. 1. Elsewhere. The shadow book -- How not to be a slave : on the Black art of escape -- Chorus one : steal away : slavery and its discontents -- bk. 2. Strange fruit. Broken tongue : Paul Laurence Dunbar, his descendants, and the dance of dialect -- Chorus two : it don't mean a thing...
Publication information
Publisher
Minneapolis, Minn. : Graywolf Press, c2012.
Place of Publication
Minnesota
Date Published
c2012.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Taking its title from Danger Mouse's pioneering mash-up of Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles' The White Album, Kevin Young's encyclopedic book combines essay, cultural criticism, and lyrical chorus to illustrate the African American tradition of lying--telling tales, fibbing, improvising, jazzing up, "storying." What emerges is a persuasive...
Alternative Titles
Full title
The grey album : on the blackness of blackness / Kevin Young.
Portion of title
On the blackness of blackness.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Awards
Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, 2010.
Date Copyright
c2012.
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Call Numbers
G 2013/1119
Record Identifier
74Vvl3q3A2Pd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvl3q3A2Pd
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ISBN
1555976077 (pbk.)
9781555976071 (pbk.)
DDC
814.54
MMS ID
991017380699702626
