Barrelhouse Words
A Blues Dialect Dictionary
Seiten
2009
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-07660-2 (ISBN)
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-07660-2 (ISBN)
An exhaustive, engrossing lexicon of blues idioms
This fascinating compendium explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and expressions from vintage blues music. Utilizing both documentary evidence and invaluable interviews with a number of now-deceased musicians from the 1920s and '30s, blues scholar Stephen Calt unravels the nuances of more than twelve hundred idioms and proper or place names found on oft-overlooked "race records" recorded between 1923 and 1949. From "aggravatin' papa" to "yas-yas-yas" and everything in between, this truly unique, racy, and compelling resource decodes a neglected speech for general readers and researchers alike, offering invaluable information about black language and American slang.
This fascinating compendium explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and expressions from vintage blues music. Utilizing both documentary evidence and invaluable interviews with a number of now-deceased musicians from the 1920s and '30s, blues scholar Stephen Calt unravels the nuances of more than twelve hundred idioms and proper or place names found on oft-overlooked "race records" recorded between 1923 and 1949. From "aggravatin' papa" to "yas-yas-yas" and everything in between, this truly unique, racy, and compelling resource decodes a neglected speech for general readers and researchers alike, offering invaluable information about black language and American slang.
Stephen Calt is the author or coauthor of the blues biographies I'd Rather Be The Devil: Skip James and the Blues and King Of The Delta Blues: The Life and Music of Charlie Patton.
CoverTitle PageCopyright PageContentsAuthor's NoteIntroductionSelect Annotated Bibliography of Dictionary SourcesGeneral BibliographyInformants Cited in TextAbbreviations and Symbols Used in TextA Blues Dialect DictionaryAppendixIndex
| Verlagsort | Baltimore |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 426 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-252-07660-5 / 0252076605 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-252-07660-2 / 9780252076602 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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