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- Title
The Color of the Blues.
- Authors
O'Connell, Christian
- Abstract
The article discusses blues scholarship, highlighting scholars' representation of blues musicians and the relationship between race and blues music. The author highlights transatlantic scholarship on blues music since the 1960s and special attention is paid to the revisionist attitudes of white blues scholars and white blues musicians. Other topics include scholarly focus on blues musician Robert Johnson, the work of British blues scholar Paul Oliver, and stereotypes of African American blues musicians
- Subjects
BLUES music -- History &; criticism; HISTORICAL revisionism; BLUES musicians; MUSIC &; race; BLUES music; SCHOLARLY method; AFRICAN American musicians; JOHNSON, Robert, 1911-1938; OLIVER, Paul, 1927-2017; STEREOTYPES; EDUCATION; HISTORY
- Publication
Southern Cultures, 2013, Vol 19, Issue 1, p61
- ISSN
1068-8218
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/scu.2013.0007