Mother Wit from Laughing Barrel

Books about Mother Wit from Laughing Barrel

Essays explore the diversity of Black folk culture as expressed in speech, music, legends, and humor

Books about Mother with from the Laughing Barrel

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

There is a well-developed vocabulary for discussing classical music, but when it comes to popular music, how do we analyze its effects and its meaning? This text demonstrates how listeners form opinions about popular songs, and how they come to attribute a rich variety of meaning to them.