Barrelhouse Words : A Blues Dialect Dictionary

Name: Barrelhouse Words
Brand: University of Illinois Press
SKU: 9780252076602
Price: 3650 KES
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ISBN: 9780252076602

by Stephen Calt

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0252076605

ISBN-13 9780252076602

Publisher University of Illinois Press

Imprint University of Illinois Press

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 1st, 2009

Print length 320 Pages

Weight 514 grams

Dimensions 22.80 x 15.40 x 2.00 cms

Product Classification: Blues Blues Popular music Reference works Popular culture Popular culture

KSh 3,650.00

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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.

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