Disturbing the Peace

by Bryan Wagner

W. C. Handy waking up to the blues on a train platform, Buddy Bolden eavesdropping on the drums at Congo Square, John Lomax taking his phonograph recorder into a southern penitentiary--some foundational myths of the black vernacular remain inescapable, even as they come under increasing pressure from skeptics.

In Disturbing the Peace, Bryan Wagner revises the history of the black vernacular tradition and gives a new account of black...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674035089
• ISBN13: 9780674035089
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"