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A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance
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Edition:Hardback978024150357730/03/2021
Categories: 08. Spring Books 2021: Music, Cinema & Performing Arts, Cinema, Theatre & Performing Arts, Music, Spring Books 2021
Tags: Biography: arts and entertainment, Blues, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Jazz, Popular culture, Popular music, Rap and Hip Hop, Relating to African American people, Social and cultural history, Theatre studies, United States of America, USA
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