Description
O'Connell's study begins with Oliver's scholarship in his early days in London as a writer for the British jazz press and goes on to examine Oliver's encounters with visiting blues musicians, his State Department-supported field trip to the US in 1960, and the resulting photographs and oral history he produced, including his epic "blues narrative," The Story of the Blues (1969). Blues, How Do You Do? thus aims to move away from debates that have been confined within the limits of national borders-or relied on cliches of British bands popularizing American music in America-to explore how Oliver's work demonstrates that the blues became a reified ideal, constructed in opposition to the forces of modernity.
About the Author
Christian O'Connell is a Senior Lecturer in American History at the University of Gloucestershire, UK.
Book Information
ISBN 9780472052677
Author Christian O'Connell
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint The University of Michigan Press
Publisher The University of Michigan Press
Weight(grams) 405g