02453nam a2200433 i 4500 ebr10802925 CaPaEBR m o d cr cn||||||||| 130220s2013 njua ob 001 0 eng|d 9780813562506 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780813562490 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780813562513 (e-book) CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR (OCoLC)899045436 PS153.N5 L68 2013eb 810.9/896073 23 Lordi, Emily J., 1979- Black resonance : iconic women singers and African American literature / Emily J. Lordi. New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (303 pages) : illustrations. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier American Literatures Initiative Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: Black resonance -- Vivid lyricism: Richard Wright and Bessie Smith's blues -- The timbre of sincerity: Mahalia Jackson's gospel sound and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man -- Understatement: James Baldwin, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday -- Haunting: Gayl Jones's Corregidora and Billie Holiday's "strange Fruit" -- Signature voices: Nikki Giovanni, Aretha Franklin, and the Black Arts movement -- Epilogue: "At Last": Etta James, poetry, hip hop. Description based on print version record. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. American fiction African American authors History and criticism. African American women singers in literature. African American women in literature. Music in literature. Electronic books. Print version: Lordi, Emily J. Black resonance : iconic women singers and African American literature. New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2013 xiii, 286 pages American Literatures Initiative 9780813562506 (DLC)10802925 ebrary. American Literatures Initiative. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10802925 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 143899 143899