Vera G Lee

The Black and White of American Popular Music

Vera Lee probes the interplay of black and white popular music, from the minstrel period to bebop, examining connections relations between the races in a wide variety of fields, such as musical comedy, radio, recording, songwriting, performance, industry, etc. With a preface by Ellis Marsalis.

The Black and White of American Popular Music From Slavery to World War II

In this thoughtful and engaging book, with a preface by jazz master Ellis Marsalis, Vera Lee probes the interplay of black and white popular music in a wide variety of fields. They include musical comedy, radio, recording, songwriting and vocalists, business, dance, and, of course, jazz. A ground br...

Diary of Use

Poetry. Asian American Studies. "In DIARY OF USE, J. Vera Lee's poems entangle and untangle themselves with and from the world they abide in. They arrive and take up residence in a place between nature and culture, fate and chance, simplicity and complexity. To say Lee's poems are 'at home' in eithe...

Something Old, Something New: What You Didn't Know about Wedding Ceremonies, Celebrations, and Customs

The perfect engagement, shower, wedding, or anniversary present, "Something Old, Something New" explains the stories history, myths, and traditions behind the customs that are part of today's weddings. This charming book is full of fascinating trivia and enchanting, compelling, and dangerous stories...

On the Trail of Harry Potter

This is the first study to cover all seven volumes of the Harry Potter cycle, to examine Rowling's three spin-offs and to compare the seven books with the seven films. It presents a careful analysis of Harry and his inner circle, their character development and their interrelationships. Further, it ...

Language Matters: A Guide to Everyday Questions About Language

Is Ebonics really a dialect or simply bad English? Do women and men speak differently? Will computers ever really learn human language? Does offensive language harm children? These are only a few of the issues surrounding language that crop up every day. Most of us have very definite opinions on the...

Jenny's Song

The Black and White of American Popular Music, from Slavery to World War II

The Black and White of American Popular Music describes the interrelationships between African-American and white musicians and their music from 1900 to the end of World War II. It analyzes these relationships in a wide variety of fields, including musical comedy, radio, recording, songwriting and v...

Love and Strategy in the Eighteenth-Century French Novel

Love and Strategy in the Eighteenth-Century French Novel

The Black and White of American Popular Music: From Slavery to World War II