The Musical Heritage of Incarceration: The Curation, Dissemination, and Management of the Lomax Collection Prison Songs

This dissertation examines the mediation of the public’s encounters with recordings of field hollers, work songs, and blues music collected by the folklorists John and Alan Lomax in prisons of the U.S. South from the 1930s to the 1950s. These recordings have, over the years, reached audiences throug...

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Main Author: Ivanova, Velia
Language:English
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-2jz2-1k13