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5. Can the Black Banjo Speak?

Notes on Songs of Our Native Daughters
© 2022 University of Texas Press

© 2022 University of Texas Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS ix
  3. Introduction. Where My People At? 1
  4. 1. Uneasy Listening 27
  5. 2. Love You, My Brother 47
  6. 3. How to Be an Outlaw 77
  7. 4. Valerie June, Ghost Catcher 99
  8. 5. Can the Black Banjo Speak? 117
  9. 6. Thirteen Ways of Looking at Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” 145
  10. Conclusion. Black Country Music Afrofuturisms 171
  11. Acknowledgments 189
  12. Notes 193
  13. Index 221
Black Country Music
This chapter is in the book Black Country Music
https://doi.org/10.7560/323526-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS ix
  3. Introduction. Where My People At? 1
  4. 1. Uneasy Listening 27
  5. 2. Love You, My Brother 47
  6. 3. How to Be an Outlaw 77
  7. 4. Valerie June, Ghost Catcher 99
  8. 5. Can the Black Banjo Speak? 117
  9. 6. Thirteen Ways of Looking at Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” 145
  10. Conclusion. Black Country Music Afrofuturisms 171
  11. Acknowledgments 189
  12. Notes 193
  13. Index 221
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