https://grishambookshelf.exhibits.depaul.press/files/original/8abf1e1810c7e73bdef88bb81d78913f.jpg 79742181351ed6f6ee6a03354058046e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Record detail images Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Blues Dancing Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Diane McKinney-Whetstone Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New York: William Morrow and Company, 1999. Description An account of the resource A modern blues novel, Blues Dancing captures the emotional aesthetic of the blues. Diane McKinney-Whetstone captures the emotional toll of love and relationships through the life of Verdi Mae. In a narrative that jumps between the 1970s and the 1990s, Verdi Mae is entangled in love, drugs, and the lives of two different men. Reverberating with the lyrical blues themes of desire and dependency, McKinney-Whetstone’s novel shifts the narrative from a traditional working class blues to that of a black middle class blues that Verdi Mae finds herself trapped within. Blues Dancing emphasizes that jazz aesthetics are not simply historical aspects of African American literature, but rather a continuing prose tradition.