The Songs of Blind Folk: African American Musicians and the Cultures of Blindness

by Terry Rowden

Book Overview

"Rowden has wedded ethnomusicology and disability studies to offer a fresh approach to the study of African American popular music. The Songs of Blind Folk undermines many of the defining mythologies and tropes of blind musicians, including the perception that they are successful because they compensate for the loss of vision."
---Mark Anthony Neal, Duke University

"Illuminates how the enduring phenomenon of blind African American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472050648
• ISBN13: 9780472050642
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"