Блусът като метафора
The Blues as a Metaphor

Summary/Abstract: Along with its primary meaning of describing feelings of deep sorrow, loneliness and melancholy, the blues has acquired a number of additional methaphorical meanings over the twentieth century. Introducing some advanced theoretical concepts concerning the reading of African American culture from eurocentric, afrocentric, and also from non-centric perspectives (including the concept of Signifyin’, developed by Henry Gates, and the concept of Black Atlantic, developed by Paul Gilroy), this article explores a further methodological potential in understanding the blues as a metaphor of more general significance, seen in the role of Modernity’s other.

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