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Tim Robbins' "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues", 2004.
Compares Tim Robbins' novel, "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues", to the film version of the novel directed by Gus Van Sant.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper compares the 1994 movie version of "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues", written and directed by Gus Van Sant, to the original 1976 novel of the same name written by Tom Robbins. The paper discusses the tone and the themes of the book and and the film and concludes that Van Sant's adaptation is unsuccessful.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield, 2004.
An analysis of the marketing techniques of the insurance agency, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri.
1,785 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper discusses the insurance company Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri. The paper describes the negative public perception of this company due to incomplete information provided on the company's website. The paper claims that the insurance company does not make its members aware of the benefits due to them. Suggestions are presented to employ marketing strategies that will improve Blue Cross Blue Shield's public image.
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"In the past, the marketing of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri has faced severe criticism. A Market Conduct Examination Report by Health Care Financing Administration notes that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri "utilizes an overall marketing, policy issuance and application process hostile to Missouri residents attempting to exercise their rights as provided for in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996" (Health Care Financing Administration). Specific criticisms of the marketing policies of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri not that the company "Withholds access to information regarding guaranteed available policies from consumers attempting to access information through (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri)'s marketing website" (Health Care Financing Administration). Specifically, the organization charges that BCBSMo does not inform consumers of the "availability of BasicBlue coverage" on its website."
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?Sonny?s Blues?, 2002.
The important image of blues music in James Baldwin's short story "Sonny's Blues".
1,876 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin, a short story set in New York City's Harlem. Specifically, the the paper discusses the role the blues plays in the story. The paper shows that "Sonny?s Blues" is about being lost, and trying to be found, within the context of being a black man in this society; and of finding oneself as so many black men have, through the blues?both as music, and as storytelling.
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"But if blacks recognize each other in the rarefied smoky atmosphere of the jazz clubs, black society at large often doesn?t even honor its own. It?s sometimes impossible to earn a living as a musician--something the narrator warned Sonny about after their mother died. The narrator doesn?t even know who Charlie Parker is?perhaps the greatest jazz musician of all time. If blacks themselves can?t recognize the geniuses among them, what chance does Sonny have? ?You?ll have to be patient with me. Now. Who?s this Parker character?? the narrator asks Sonny, who becomes sullen and turns his back. ?He?s just one of the greatest jazz musicians alive.? Sonny, too, will turn out to be a creative genius. For the black man, this means spontaneous improvisation: ?Baldwin?s bastardized characters must legitimize self through endless improvisation?[they] begin with memory, then bursts out into improvised song.? (Tsomondo, p. 197)"
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Blues and the Community, 2002.
This paper examines the impact of the blues on community development
in the Mississippi Delta.
2,614 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper begins by discussing how Mississippi Delta was the birthplace of the Blues movement and introduces the first musicians of this form of music. It then discusses how the Blues movement developed into a form of community bonding and how it benefited the community. It mentions landmark institutions which developed from the Delta Blues. These include the Delta Blues Museum and the The Delta Blues Education Program, The Delta Blues Hall of Fame and The Mississippi Delta Blues Society.
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"The Mississippi Delta is not a large area geographically, yet writer Robert Palmer argues that it has contributed more to American music than any other region (Palmer, 1993, p. 11). Famous Delta blues musicians include Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, B.B. King, Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, Floyd Jones and Howlin' Wolf. And even though Delta natives such as Albert King and John Lee Hooker left for more promising opportunities elsewhere, hundreds of other artists stayed behind and kept the blues tradition alive at home where today it is played at weddings, house parties, fish fries, juke joints and festivals (Clarksdale, 1999)."
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The Black Roots of America's Blues, 2001.
This paper looks at the history of the "Blues" and its influence on the American music scene.
1,950 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper is an in-depth examination of the Blues. It begins by taking a look at the Deep South roots of the original Blues during slavery and how it began to spread north to Harlem in the late 1900s. The birth of contemporary Blues in the 1940s is detailed and it looks at some of the musicians, such as Scott Joplin who began incorporating these rhythms into their music. The next area covered is the building of the Blues, and traces the growth of different genres from the original blues. According to this author, the legacy of the blues was set, when it reached the ears of Elvis Presley, which led to the birth of rock and roll.
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"The music that was originally known as the blues developed from a variety of hereditary and regional musical influences and practices popular among the people of the southern portion of the United States. The roots of all varieties of blues music can be traced to the southern states, particularly those that comprise the area of the nation known as the Deep South. The music originating in the hills and backwoods of Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky, music that has become most commonly associated with "hillbilly" bands and rhythms, is in fact a variety of the blues genre that is often referred to as "country blues" (Pooley 86). The style and genre that is most commonly associated with the blues, however, is also commonly associated with the nation's African-American sector and stems from the "Delta blues", a form of the blues that originated among the slave populations of the antebellum south and developed alongside its country "cousin" (86). This distinct musical style and form developed from the West African rhythms and beats that were brought to America by African slaves imported during the early years of slavery, rhythms and beats that were kept alive and passed down from generation to generation by the traditional music and songs of southern slaves."
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The Blues, 2002.
A review of three musical pieces: Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin, "The Sorrow Songs" by W.E.B. Du Bois, and "Am I Blue" by Alice Walker.
1,403 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss and analyze the three works "Sonny's Blues," by James Baldwin, "The Sorrow Songs," by W.E.B. Du Bois, and "Am I Blue," by Alice Walker. Specifically, it discusses the use of the blues in all three works, and how music influences each story. The writer argues that music, specifically the blues, plays an important and valuable role in supporting the characters and making the stories more believable and moving.
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"Each author uses the blues in a different way, but the music plays an important part in each story, making them more readable, and the characters more sympathetic to the reader. The blues is a form of music that originated in black Harlem in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. It has always been a kind of melancholy music that illustrates the unhappiness and unsettled lives of black Americans."
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Blacks in Blues Music, 2005.
This paper discusses the blues, a form of music which originated among African-American.
2,040 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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This paper explains that, as an aural music, the blues has few absolute features, intending to take on its shape and style during the performance, reflecting the personal response of its inventor to a specific occurrence or situation. The author points out that, like other black folksong, blues' lyrics are rich in imagery; the blues is distinctive for its three-line stanza, an apparent throwback to its African origins because the three-line stanza is uncommon in American and European folksong repertories. The paper relates that blues lyrics were filled with provocative and sexually pervasive imagery, openly addressing both male and female sexuality; the music was performed solo marking the advent of popular culture performances.
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"Although Handy was the first man to write a blues composition and the first to popularize the blues, two blues pieces actually appeared in print prior to his "Memphis Blues". The "Baby Seals Blues," written by the rag-pianist Artie Matthews, was published in August, 1912, and the "Dallas Blues' written by the white songwriter Hart A. Wand, was published the following month. Handy's blues piece came out three week later, followed by his "Jogo Blues" in 1913, "St. Louis Blues" in 1914, and "Joe Turner Blues" in 1915. In 1915, Matthew wrote another popular blues, "Weary Blues," and that same year, Ferdinand Joseph Morton published his "Original Jelly Roll Blues"."
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Double Conscience in Blues Music, 2002.
A paper which examines the underlying meanings in African-American blues music.
1,627 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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Blues music has been considered an important and popular music genre in the history of American music. The paper discusses one of the most important and significant characteristics of blues music - the fact that it illustrates double conscience, wherein an underlying meaning can be found explicitly or implicitly in the song?s lyrics. Examples of themes are the social and personal experiences of the African-Americans in their lives as slaves of the white American society and as laborers in most Southern cotton plantations. The paper examines how the social and personal relevance of blues music to the black Americans is evident in many works of literature depicting black American slavery such as Frederick Douglass' , ?Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave.? The paper also analyzes three Blues songs to show how the theme of double conscience - ?Strange Fruit? by Billie Holiday, ?No Education? by Lightnin? Hopkins, and ?Black, Brown, and White? by Big Bill Broonzy.
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"Meanwhile, ?Black, Brown, and White? by Big Bill Broonzy is a song that generally discusses certain issues about discrimination among people who have different physical colors: the Blacks, Whites, and Browns (or the mulattos, as they are commonly called). Broonzy?s song utilizes colors as the primary aspect that distinguishes the privileges that an individual should have. All throughout the song, the line, ?? if you is white/ You?s alright/ If you?s brown/ Stick around/ But if you?s black/ Hmm, hmm, brother/ Get back, get back, get back? is repeated after every stanza, to further reinforce the fact that among the physical differences of people in the world, the Blacks are considered the most unfortunate of all, denied the opportunity to obtain a good job, to receive a high salary, and to enjoy the simple leisure and joys of life. Once again, the song utilizes narrative description as a way to illustrate and extend the message of discrimination to black Americans because of physical appearance and the issue of injustice and unequal treatment among people of their race (African-American)".
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The Blues, 2001.
A review of the musical genre known as the Blues.
1,887 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper provides a review of Blues music including its history, form and legacy. The paper explains the origins from the American South, where blacks in the early 20th century began to develop the music into its more expressive forms. The paper also looks at the religious influence on blues music, where Christianity plays a big part in the vocals. The principal characters in the blues scene are discussed and the three major forms of the blues are analyzed.
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"According to ?The Story of the Blues,? ?The blues music of the Mississippi Delta has been played and sang since at least the turn of the twentieth century. How long it was played before that is a question that may never be answered. Like spirituals, gospel, and jazz, Delta blues is the music of slaves and former slaves, a group that was thought of as chattel for hundreds of years and whose cultural and artistic progress in America went woefully undocumented? (Bekker, 1994, p. 8). In the spirit of ?daunted is not deflected,? though, music historians have been able to gather some early recordings, interviews and reliable information about the history of the blues."
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"Sonny's Blues", 2007.
This paper discusses "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin.
2,100 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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The paper is of the opinion that a reader will always be touched by the characters, tone, theme, dialogue, irony and conflict in "Sonny's Blues". The paper discusses how, in "Sonny's Blues", the author conveys the juxtaposition of two brothers' divergent paths. The paper also notes the theme of music and of the blues played by jazz musicians and the overriding theme of black suffering. The paper looks at a range of critics and scholars' perspectives on this work.
From the Paper
"Sonny's Blues by the late celebrated author James Baldwin is a story that embraces a number of very strong themes, and it embraces them through the narrator and the narrator's point of view. The narrator becomes more than the storyteller; in fact he grows from being in denial about his race, to being brokenhearted and angry at the death of his daughter and the arrest / addiction of his younger brother. The narrator is caring, intelligent, well-educated, focused on his career, stubborn yet eventually flexible regarding his family, and sensitive to the darkness in his past and his present."
"This story touches on themes in a way that the reader is moved to an emotional connection. That was always Baldwin's goal as an author, beyond the myriad literary challenges which all authors confront."
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The Development of Jazz and Blues, 2007.
This paper discusses the development of jazz and the blues in America.
985 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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In this paper, the writer introduces, discusses, and analyzes the development of jazz and the blues. The roots of these two forms of American music are traced. The author also explores the influence of African-American slave music on these forms of music. Several notable jazz and blues artists are discussed. The author concludes by stating jazz and blues are popular forms of music throughout the world.
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"Some of the more recognizable blues artists include Robert Johnson, Billie Holiday, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charlie Patton, Son House, T-Model Ford, Howlin' Wolf, BB King, Muddy Waters, and Leadbelly (Gioia). Many jazz musicians have influenced the music and become famous in their own right, too. Early musicians include Scott Joplin, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and many others. Jazz continues to evolve today, with "smooth jazz" gaining in popularity, and modern influential artists include Wynton Marsalis and Kenny G. Advocates included many black and white writers of the times, such as Richard Wright and Langston Hughes, who recognized the importance of the music and helped spread interest about it around the world."
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The Blues, 2006.
A general overview of the form and style of the category of music known as "blues".
1,654 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper looks at the origins of "blues" as well as the expansion and meaning of the "blues" for contemporary music. The paper attempts to provide insight into the history of "blues" and examine its significance for modern music.
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"The "blues" is a term that we have become accustomed to associating with a particular style and form of modern music. Yet, the term has become somewhat vague in its usage and is also linked to modern jazz styles as well as many "crossover" forms of music such as blues and hip-hop and blues and rock. The Blues as an art form has it origins in the essential meaning of the word "blue" as denoting a state of sadness or depression that is translated into musical forms. Besides this aspect, the Blues also has a distinct style and classical blues music has a fixed rhythmic musical pattern. "
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Blues, 2004.
A overview of blues music, discussing the history of this popular music style.
3,621 words (approx. 14.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 100.95
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A paper on the evolution of the blues in its present form, with the history of the music juxtaposed with the social and cultural history of the United States. It begins by looking at the humble start of blues music and then discusses development of the instruments. Famous singers are then introduced, and the paper concludes with an explanation of how blues is representative of the struggles of African Americans.
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"Born in the exuberantly warm climes of their African homeland, carried with the first waves of the slaved people in their head and forged in the pain of their suffering as an escape from the tyranny of their bonded life, the blues have emerged as the collective consciousness of an entire people through the centuries. The blues, essentially the original rhythm and beat of the African musical roots combining with the field calls and ballads of their workaday lives and the church music taught to them by their evangelically inclined new masters, evolved into a unique art form in its own right."
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Resistance vs. Revolution: The Blues in "Dutchman", 2005.
Examines the role of the blues in Amiri Baraka's "Dutchman."
2,243 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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This paper interprets the role played by the blues in the play "Dutchman" by Amiri Baraka, using close readings and other textual analysis. It examines the potential significance of the blues as an African-American art form in "Dutchman", framing this concept with a broader discussion of Baraka's and Ron Karenga's differing attempts to define 'authentically' African-American art. In "Black Cultural Nationalism," Karenga insists that African-American art must necessarily be revolutionary in purpose. However, Baraka's criteria in "The Myth of a Negro Literature" are less stringent, accepting as 'valid' art that is borne of and/or promotes any resistance to white oppression, not only that which can be considered revolutionary. The paper looks at how the blues, as portrayed in "Dutchman," fits into this debate, asking whether Baraka's stance in his play remains consistent with his earlier position, or whether he comes to align himself more with Karenga.
From the Paper
"According to Baraka, music is the only artistic sphere in which African Americans have made a valid contribution, because this music "drew its strengths and beauties out of the depth of the black man's soul" (165). Unlike black middle class art, the blues and jazz can be high art, because they express legitimate African American experiences. Significantly, he attributes this "authentic" art to lower class blacks, writing that "it was shunned by blacks ambitious of 'waking up white'" - i.e., middle class blacks - "as low and degrading" (167). He implies that valid black culture is a lower class culture, and that middle class blacks are too preoccupied with fitting in to white America to contribute significantly to African American art."
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?Reservation Blues?, 2003.
The role of music in the novel, ?Reservation Blues?, by Sherman Alexie.
1,425 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper examines Alexie's novel, in which the blues comprise more than an appearance of disaster entrenched in African-American understanding. This paper looks at the role of blues music in the African-American lifestyle as presented in "Reservation Blues".
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"The blues articulate chronicles that, as of the usual point of view, instigate in the practices of Africans in America. However, customarily the blues go beyond diverse, inflexible cultural boundaries. Ralph Ellison's well-known classifications of the blues propose a liberal view; one partial, no more than, by the speaker?s capability to ?lyrically? articulate his or her ?autobiographical chronicle of personal catastrophe? (Ralph, 78)."
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