{"product_id":"screening-the-blues-9780306803444","title":"Screening The Blues","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe noted blues scholar Paul Oliver here examines the many different skeins of the blues form, relating them to other black traditions--musical and religious--and tracing the origin of the blues through the dense, many-colored warp and weft of influences and inspiration. He describes \"the dozens,\" Christmas rituals, and the coded (as well as blatant) sexual imagery that has always been a vital element of every popular song tradition. With extensive source notes, photographs, a discography, and two indexes of song titles and singers, this book serves as a sound, serious, and entertaining guide to the blues heritage that has vitalized so much of the world's musical culture.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Da Capo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51104058704177,"sku":"9780306803444","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pageaday.com\/products\/screening-the-blues-9780306803444","provider":"Page-A-Day","version":"1.0","type":"link"}