Doo-Dah!: Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Doo-Dah!: Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture Book

Ken Emerson's thickly textured narrative features an affectionate examination of American music's diverse strands as well as a perceptive portrait of the nation's first great songwriter. Stephen Foster (1826-64) was born in Pittsburgh and visited the South only briefly, yet songs like "My Old Kentucky Home" and "Oh! Susanna" drew on black Southern culture to create a uniquely American form of popular music. The author is clear-sighted about the complex blend of racism and genuine compassion that infused Foster's "blackface" compositions.Read More

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  • Product Description

    In "the first true biography of Foster in more than sixty years and the only good one . . . Emerson lays out this complex story with grace, originality, dispatch, and insight" ("Robert Christgau, "The Los Angeles Times"). 34 illustrations.

  • 0306808528
  • 9780306808524
  • Ken Emerson
  • 1 August 1998
  • Da Capo Press Inc
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 416
  • 1st Da Capo Press Ed
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