Jail House Bound
John Lomax's First Southern Prison Recordings, 1933
2012
West Virginia University Press (Hersteller)
9781933202334 (ISBN)
West Virginia University Press (Hersteller)
9781933202334 (ISBN)
In 1933, John Lomax and his young son Alan traveled by car to a number of prisons scattered throughout Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. In the US’s most restricted spaces, they recorded African-American convicts, who Lomax thought would be some of the last singers of traditional folk material due to the isolation of the institutions that held them.
In 1933, John Lomax and his young son Alan traveled by car to a number of prisons scattered throughout Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. In the nation’s most restricted spaces, they recorded African-American convicts, who Lomax thought would be some of the last singers of traditional folk material due to the isolation of the institutions that held them. As a result of this fieldwork, we now have access to a multitude of powerful songs, both well and little known, which provide some understanding of this folk group during the era of Jim Crow in America’s South.
In 1933, John Lomax and his young son Alan traveled by car to a number of prisons scattered throughout Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. In the nation’s most restricted spaces, they recorded African-American convicts, who Lomax thought would be some of the last singers of traditional folk material due to the isolation of the institutions that held them. As a result of this fieldwork, we now have access to a multitude of powerful songs, both well and little known, which provide some understanding of this folk group during the era of Jim Crow in America’s South.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.2.2012 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | West Virginia Sound Archives |
| Verlagsort | Morganstown |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 134 x 187 mm |
| Gewicht | 78 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781933202334 / 9781933202334 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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