From Down South to Chicago: Little Walter, Race and the Blues – Bc. Jakub Jiaxis Svoboda
Bc. Jakub Jiaxis Svoboda
Bachelor's thesis
From Down South to Chicago: Little Walter, Race and the Blues
From Down South to Chicago: Little Walter, Race and the Blues
Abstract:
Bakalářská práce se zabývá životem a dílem afro-amerického bluesového hráče na foukací harmoniku Little Waltera. Rekonstruuje jeho cestu z hlubokého jihu na sever po Mississippi, do Chicaga konce 40. let 20. století. Na tuto cestu nahlíženo metaforicky jako na pátrání po osobní svobodě a hledání identity v kontextu Velké migrace a rasově smíšeného městského prostoru. Práce se dále zaměřuje na okolnosti …moreAbstract:
This bachelor thesis focuses on the life and work of Little Walter, an African American blues harmonica player. Reconstructing his journey from the Deep South, up the Mississippi river, to the urban space of late 1940s Chicago, the thesis views this journey metaphorically as a quest for personal freedom and a search for identity, both within the context of the Great Migration and the biracial space …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 31. 3. 2017
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/akc4i/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 12. 5. 2017
- Supervisor: M.A. Michael George
- Reader: Mgr. Jiří Šalamoun, Ph.D.
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Specialization in Education / Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English Language
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