Beyond the Crossroads

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Beyond the Crossroads is written by Adam Gussow and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 146963368X (ISBN 10) and 9781469633688 (ISBN 13).

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Heaven and hell parties Southern Religion and the Devil's Music -- 2 Soid it to the Devil The Great Migration, Lost Generations, and the Perils of the Urban Dance Hall -- 3 I'm Going to marry the Devil's Daughter Blues Tricksters Signifying on Jim Crow -- 4 The Devil's Gonna Get you Blues Romance and the Paradoxes of Black Freedom -- 5 Selling it at the crossroads The Lives and Legacies of Robert Johnson -- i Playing for the Haints: Ike's Protégé and Crossroads Folklore -- ii I Got a Big White Fella from Memphis Made a Deal with Me: Black Men, White Boys, and the Anxieties of Blues Postmodernity in Walter Hill's Crossroads -- iii Local and Private Legislation: Branding the Crossroads in Clarksdale, Mississippi -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix Devil-Blues Recordings and Selected Sermons, 1924-2015 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Song Credits -- Index