{"product_id":"blues-people-the-negro-experience-in-white-america-and-the-music-that-developed-from-it-by-leroi-jones-book-used","title":"Blues People: The Negro Experience In White America And The Music That Developed From It by Leroi Jones book (used)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAfro-American\u003ca data-encoded-attr-charset=\"dXRmLTg=\" data-encoded-tag-value=\"\" data-encoded-tag-name=\"meta\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e music, published in 1963 by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eAmiri Baraka\u003ca data-encoded-attr-charset=\"dXRmLTg=\" data-encoded-tag-value=\"\" data-encoded-tag-name=\"meta\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, who published it under the pen name LeRoi Jones.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlues People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Baraka explores the history of Black Americans through the evolution of Black music and documents the effects of jazz and blues on American culture, at musical, economic, and social levels. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlues People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e argues that \"negro music\"—as Amiri Baraka calls it—appealed to and influenced new America. The book chronicles many genres of music dating from African music carried to America by Black people during the \u003c\/span\u003eAtlantic slave trade\u003cspan\u003e, up to the 1960s. According to Baraka, music and melody is not the only way the gap between American culture and \u003c\/span\u003eAfrican-American culture\u003cspan\u003e was bridged. Music also helped spread values and customs through its media exposure. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlues People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e demonstrates the influence of African Americans and their culture on American culture and history. The book examines \u003c\/span\u003eblues music\u003cspan\u003e as performance, as cultural expression, even in the face of its commodification. The book chronicles what brought him to believe that blues was a personal history of his people in the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skeleton Dust Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55703712956489,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/7116\/8841\/files\/IMG_5825.jpg?v=1779818977","url":"https:\/\/www.skeletondustrecords.com\/products\/blues-people-the-negro-experience-in-white-america-and-the-music-that-developed-from-it-by-leroi-jones-book-used","provider":"Skeleton Dust Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}