Introduction: Lonnie Johnson, Professional Musician

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgments vii
5. Introduction: Lonnie Johnson, Professional Musician 1
6. CHAPTER 1 Musical Practice and Place: The Cultural History of New Orleans and St. Louis 29
7. CHAPTER 2 Self-Construction and Self-Awareness: Lonnie Johnson’s Persona 49
8. CHAPTER 3 Social Relations: Race, Gender, and the Perception of Systemic Complexity 75
9. CHAPTER 4 The Suffering Self: Isolation and Loneliness 104
10. Conclusion: Performance and the Socially Embedded Self 134
11. Notes 151
12. Discography 180
13. Bibliography 199
14. Index 209