University of Mississippi eGrove Electronic Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 2012 A Historical Analysis of Living Blues Magazine Melanie Young Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd Part of the Music Commons Recommended Citation Young, Melanie, "A Historical Analysis of Living Blues Magazine" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 324. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/324 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE A Thesis Presented for the Master of Arts Degree The University of Mississippi Melanie Young December 2012 Copyright Melanie Young 2012 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ! ABSTRACT This thesis examines Living Blues magazine and its history through its stated cultural focus on African American music. ! ""! ! DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to the founders of Living Blues; to the editors, staff, writers, and photographers past, present, and future; and to all of the blues artists who have been—and will be—represented within its pages. ! """! ! ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I express my deepest appreciation to my committee chair, Dr. David Wharton, and committee members, Dr. Ted Ownby and Dr. Adam Gussow. In addition, I thank graduate advisor Dr. Kathryn McKee for her kind assistance throughout my career as a student at the University of Mississippi. My assistantship as circulation manager in the Living Blues office, awarded by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and supervised by publications manager Mark Camarigg, provided necessary financial assistance for my studies in Oxford.