The Artistic Transformation of Trauma, Loss, and Adversity in the Blues

Alan M. Steinberg, Robert S. Pynoos, Robert Abramovitz

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBlues-Philosophy for Everyone
Subtitle of host publicationThinking Deep About Feeling Low
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages49-65
Number of pages17
ISBN (Print)9780470656808
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Apr 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Artistic transformation of trauma, the blues
  • Blues lyrics, passionate intensity
  • Blues music, evocative music
  • Female blues singers
  • Lyrics of blues, trauma, loss, adversity
  • Patton's 'High Water Everywhere'
  • The blues, 'finding one's voice'
  • The blues, as living oral history
  • Where the blues started
  • the sky is crying, emotional upheaval

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