Their eyes were watching God
African-American topical songs on the 1928 Florida hurricanes and floods
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4305412 |
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| Authors | Luigi Monge (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 129-140 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Popular Music (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-1430 • E-ISSN: 1474-0095 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0261143007001171 |
| OpenAlex | W2130723668 |
| Language | EN |
This study focuses on the five known African-American topical songs dealing with the two hurricanes and ensuing floods that took place in Florida in the summer of 1928. The first is a commercially recorded blues song and the others are unreleased Library of Congress sacred recordings, which are transcribed and analysed here for the first time
African american · Archaeology · Art history · Blues · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · American Sports and Literature · History
| Highly cited | No |
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