Grinning with the Devil: The Use of Humor in Race Record Advertisements
The advertisements that appeared in black newspapers for race records in the 1920s were employed to interest the buying public in a new mode of music: the rural blues. Although blues music is characterized by its sadness and despair, these advertisements employed humor and cartoon illustrations in...
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LSU
2007
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| Online Access: | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04122007-113729/ |