Summary
"Part fact, part fiction, Tyehimba Jess's much anticipated second book weaves sonnet, song, and narrative to examine the lives of mostly unrecorded African American performers directly before and after the Civil War up to World War I. Olio is an effort to understand how they met, resisted, complicat... Full description
Summary: |
"Part fact, part fiction, Tyehimba Jess's much anticipated second book weaves sonnet, song, and narrative to examine the lives of mostly unrecorded African American performers directly before and after the Civil War up to World War I. Olio is an effort to understand how they met, resisted, complicated, co-opted, and sometimes defeated attempts to minstrelize them, "--Amazon.com. |
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Physical Description: |
235 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-230). |
ISBN: |
9781940696225 1940696224 9781940696201 1940696208 |
Author Notes: |
(Bowker Author Biography) |