@article{ramsey_jr_blues_2001,
  abstract = {Because art is invention, "truth" is generally held to be a false standard by which to evaluate a writer's work. This should be the case whether the issue is Alice Walker's representation of black men or Spike Lee's treatment of black women. Yet2026 this is precisely the leap of faith that critics of African American literature continue to make. Texts are transparent documents that must tell the truth as I know it. Failure to tell my truth not only invalidates the text, it also discredits, de-authorizes, and on occasion deracializes the writer. Truth, however, like beauty, is in eye and perhaps the experience of the beholder.1},
  added-at = {2010-01-27T22:12:50.000+0100},
  author = {Jr, Guthrie P. Ramsey Ramsey},
  biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26970e0364fd2907a671bb4dfbe4a9487/bliek},
  doi = {10.1111/j.1533-1598.2001.tb00012.x},
  interhash = {e075fccf4487e04c2affba3c297919e2},
  intrahash = {6970e0364fd2907a671bb4dfbe4a9487},
  journal = {Journal of Popular Music Studies},
  keywords = {imported},
  number = 1,
  pages = {41--58},
  timestamp = {2010-01-27T22:12:50.000+0100},
  title = {Blues and the Ethnographic Truth},
  url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1533-1598.2001.tb00012.x},
  volume = 13,
  year = 2001
}