Civil War Song in Black and White: Print and the Representation of the Spirituals
This article explores how White writers wrote about African American spirituals during and after the Civil War. While these writers tended to view Black speech as deficient, they were willing to regard Black musical expression as simply different, paving the way for its eventual nationalization as “...
Main Author: | Jeremy Dwight Wells |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-11-01
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Series: | Humanities |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/11/6/142 |
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