JUKE JOINT. Photographs. Introductory Essay by Richard Ford
by Imes, Birney
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- A fine copy in green stamped cloth in a fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0878054375
- ISBN 13
- 9780878054374
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About This Item
Jackson/London: University Press of Mississippi, 2002. Second cloth edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in green stamped cloth in a fine dust jacket. 4to. Signed by Birney Imes on the title page. Originally published in 1990. Here, Imes reveals a previously unexplored domain, the black juke joints of the Mississippi Delta country, and transforms this familiar phenomenon of Delta cultural life into something rich and strange. He has focused his camera on nearly empty rooms, yet these bluesy, almost peopleless photographs present black cafes, roadhouses, and taverns as folk art that resounds with energy and pulses with the joys and griefs of the clientele. The evocative place names in Imes's photographs sound as fascinating as the names of these juke joints which sprang up in the Delta landscape: the Pink Pony in Darling, Mississippi, the People's Choice Cafe in Leland, Monkey's Place in Merigold, the Evening Star Lounge in Shaw, the Playboy Club in Louise, Juicy's Place in Marcella, the Social Inn in Gunnison, Booba Burns' Place in Greenville, and A.D.'s Place in Glendora. 62 pages.
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- Bookseller
- Ed Smith Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14847
- Title
- JUKE JOINT. Photographs. Introductory Essay by Richard Ford
- Author
- Imes, Birney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in green stamped cloth in a fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second cloth edition
- ISBN 10
- 0878054375
- ISBN 13
- 9780878054374
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Place of Publication
- Jackson/London
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- roadhouses, Mississippi, the Delta, Juke Joints, taverns, black cafes, folk art
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Ed Smith Books
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About Ed Smith Books
Ed Smith Books specializes in better condition modern literary first editions, signed books, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material and pop culture. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. We are located a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, WA on Bainbridge Island. Since 1985 (ABAA since 1995). Two authors we specialize in are Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Open by appointment.
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