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Ester Blenda Nordström (1891-1948) var en svensk journalist och författare. Hon har beskrivits som vår första undersökande reporter och Sveriges – troligen en av världens – första ”wallraffare”. 1914 planlade Nordström, tillsammans med Elin Wägner, något ingen annan svensk journalist tidigare vågat sig på. Nordström tog, utklädd till piga, tjänst på en bondgård under en månad. Syftet var att undersöka pigornas levnads- och anställningsvillkor, skildra deras verklighet och varför unga kvinnor i allt större utsträckning valde att fly dessa tjänster. Hennes erfarenheter utmynnade i boken En piga bland pigor, som utgavs samma år. Nordström arbetade året därpå ett halvår som nomadlärarinna för samiska barn i Lappland, vilket hon skildrar i Kåtornas folk (1916). Hon lyckades, trots att hon var journalist och en modern storstadskvinna, bli en del av samernas gemenskap och det hårda livet i fjällvärlden, med bl.a. snöstormar och långa vandringar. Boken översattes till engelska och tyska och blev Nordströms internationella genombrott.

Varje dag jag satt jag i kassan på bensinmacken i Luleå. Samma rutiner, samma människor, samma artiklar som såldes. Jag längtade bort. Till andra platser. Jag längtade efter möten med människor som kunde berätta andra historier än de jag hade hört i min tillvaro i en liten stad långt uppe i norra Europa. Min längtan blev till handling då jag hört äldre bekanta tala om livet till sjöss. Kanske att en båt kunde ta mig till platser och förverkliga mina drömmar om en annan tillvaro. Havet med sina öppna horisonter, sina bråddjup och doft av salt. Hamnar. Efter femtio brev till olika rederier fick jag napp. Sjömanslivet ska bli verklighet!

Attracting passionate fans primarily among African American listeners in the South, southern soul draws on such diverse influences as the blues, 1960s-era deep soul, contemporary R & B, neosoul, rap, hip-hop, and gospel. Aggressively danceable, lyrically evocative, and fervidly emotional, southern soul songs often portray unabashedly carnal themes, and audiences delight in the performer-audience interaction and communal solidarity at live performances. Examining the history and development of southern soul from its modern roots in the 1960s and 1970s, David Whiteis highlights some of southern soul's most popular and important entertainers and provides first-hand accounts from the clubs, show lounges, festivals, and other local venues where these performers work. Profiles of veteran artists such as Denise LaSalle, the late J. Blackfoot, Latimore, and Bobby Rush--as well as contemporary artists T. K. Soul, Ms. Jody, Sweet Angel, Willie Clayton, and Sir Charles Jones--touch on issues of faith and sensuality, artistic identity and stereotyping, trickster antics, and future directions of the genre. These revealing discussions, drawing on extensive new interviews, also acknowledge the challenges of striving for mainstream popularity while still retaining the cultural and regional identity of the music and maintaining artistic ownership and control in the age of digital dissemination.

Attracting passionate fans primarily among African American listeners in the South, southern soul draws on such diverse influences as the blues, 1960s-era deep soul, contemporary R & B, neosoul, rap, hip-hop, and gospel. Aggressively danceable, lyrically evocative, and fervidly emotional, southern soul songs often portray unabashedly carnal themes, and audiences delight in the performer-audience interaction and communal solidarity at live performances. Examining the history and development of southern soul from its modern roots in the 1960s and 1970s, David Whiteis highlights some of southern soul's most popular and important entertainers and provides first-hand accounts from the clubs, show lounges, festivals, and other local venues where these performers work. Profiles of veteran artists such as Denise LaSalle, the late J. Blackfoot, Latimore, and Bobby Rush--as well as contemporary artists T. K. Soul, Ms. Jody, Sweet Angel, Willie Clayton, and Sir Charles Jones--touch on issues of faith and sensuality, artistic identity and stereotyping, trickster antics, and future directions of the genre. These revealing discussions, drawing on extensive new interviews, also acknowledge the challenges of striving for mainstream popularity while still retaining the cultural and regional identity of the music and maintaining artistic ownership and control in the age of digital dissemination.

Spirituals performed by jubilee troupes became a sensation in post-Civil War America. First brought to the stage by choral ensembles like the Fisk Jubilee Singers, spirituals anchored a wide range of late nineteenth-century entertainments, including minstrelsy, variety, and plays by both black and white companies. In the first book-length treatment of postbellum spirituals in theatrical entertainments, Sandra Jean Graham mines a trove of resources to chart the spiritual's journey from the private lives of slaves to the concert stage. Graham navigates the conflicting agendas of those who, in adapting spirituals for their own ends, sold conceptions of racial identity to their patrons. In so doing they lay the foundation for a black entertainment industry whose artistic, financial, and cultural practices extended into the twentieth century. A companion website contains jubilee troupe personnel, recordings, and profiles of 85 jubilee groups. Please go to: http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/graham/spirituals/

Spirituals performed by jubilee troupes became a sensation in post-Civil War America. First brought to the stage by choral ensembles like the Fisk Jubilee Singers, spirituals anchored a wide range of late nineteenth-century entertainments, including minstrelsy, variety, and plays by both black and white companies. In the first book-length treatment of postbellum spirituals in theatrical entertainments, Sandra Jean Graham mines a trove of resources to chart the spiritual's journey from the private lives of slaves to the concert stage. Graham navigates the conflicting agendas of those who, in adapting spirituals for their own ends, sold conceptions of racial identity to their patrons. In so doing they lay the foundation for a black entertainment industry whose artistic, financial, and cultural practices extended into the twentieth century. A companion website contains jubilee troupe personnel, recordings, and profiles of 85 jubilee groups. Please go to: http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/graham/spirituals/