£66.29

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

£66 today · previous high £66 · all-time low £66

University Press of Mississippi Poor Gal: The Cultural History of Little Liza Jane (American Made Music Series)

Amazon

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 63 days · 63 data points (no recent data)

Historical
Generating forecast…
£66.29 £66.26 £66.26 £66.27 £66.28 £66.29 £66.29 25 July 2026 09 August 2026 25 August 2026 09 September 2026 25 September 2026
View at Amazon ↗

Price data last checked 28 day(s) ago - will refresh soon

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↑ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↑ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 63 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price
63 days 0 16 32 47 63 £66 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £66 (63 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £66 - £66

Price levels: 1 different prices over 63 days

Description

Poor Gal: The Cultural History of Little Liza Jane chronicles the origins and evolution of a folk tune beloved by millions worldwide. Dan Gutstein delves into the trajectory of the “Liza Jane” family of songs, including the most popular variant “Li’l Liza Jane.” Likely originating among enslaved people on southern plantations, the songs are still performed and recorded centuries later. Evidence for these tunes as part of the repertoire of enslaved people comes from the Works Progress Administration ex-slave narratives that detail a range of lyrics and performance rituals related to “Liza Jane.” Civil War soldiers and minstrel troupes eventually adopted certain variants, including “Goodbye Liza Jane.” This version of the song prospered in the racist environment of burnt cork minstrelsy. Other familiar variants, such as “Little Liza Jane,” likely remained fixed in folk tradition until early twentieth-century sheet music popularized the melody. New genres and a slate of stellar performers broadly adopted these folk songs, bringing the tunes to far-reaching listeners. In 1960, to an audience of more than thirty million viewers, Harry Belafonte performed “Little Liza Jane” on CBS. The song was featured on such popular radio shows as Fibber McGee & Molly; films such as Coquette; and a Mickey Mouse animation. Hundreds of recognizable performers—including Fats Domino, Bing Crosby, Nina Simone, Mississippi John Hurt, and Pete Seeger—embraced the “Liza Jane” family. David Bowie even released “Liza Jane” as his first single. Gutstein documents these famous renditions, as well as lesser-known characters integral to the song’s history. Drawing upon a host of cultural insights from experts—including Eileen Southern, Carl Sandburg, Thomas Talley, LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, Charles Wolfe, Langston Hughes, and Alan Lomax—Gutstein charts the cross-cultural implications of a voyage unlike any other in the history of American folk music.

Product Specifications

Format
hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
15 December 2023
Listed Since
02 May 2023

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

Minor Moves: Black Girls and Unruly Performance in Antebellum Narratives
97% match

Minor Moves: Black Girls and Unruly Performance in Antebellum Narratives

University of North Carolina Press

£68.99 26 Sep 2026
Black Girls and How We Fail Them
97% match

Black Girls and How We Fail Them

University of North Carolina Press

£60.50 30 Sep 2026
Blues and Gospel Recordings: 1890–1943 (American Made Music Series)
97% match

Blues and Gospel Recordings: 1890–1943 (American Made Music Series)

University Press of Mississippi

£120.00 02 Oct 2026
Bluegrass Gospel: The Music Ministry of Jerry and Tammy Sullivan (American Made Music Series)
97% match

Bluegrass Gospel: The Music Ministry of Jerry and Tammy Sullivan (American Made Music Series)

University Press of Mississippi

£60.50 25 Sep 2026
New York City Blues: Postwar Portraits from Harlem to the Village and Beyond (American Made Music Series)
97% match

New York City Blues: Postwar Portraits from Harlem to the Village and Beyond (American Made Music Series)

University Press of Mississippi

£88.00 23 Sep 2026
Mean Girl Feminism: How White Feminists Gaslight, Gatekeep, and Girlboss (Feminist Media Studies)
97% match

Mean Girl Feminism: How White Feminists Gaslight, Gatekeep, and Girlboss (Feminist Media Studies)

University of Illinois Press

£66.28 27 Sep 2026
Victorian Gaslighting: Genealogy of an Injustice (SUNY series, Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century)
97% match

Victorian Gaslighting: Genealogy of an Injustice (SUNY series, Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century)

State University of New York Press

£73.18 23 Sep 2026
Hearing Brazil: Music and Histories in Minas Gerais
97% match

Hearing Brazil: Music and Histories in Minas Gerais

University Press of Mississippi

£87.00 23 Sep 2026
Folk Music and Song in the WPA Ex-Slave Narratives (American Made Music Series)
97% match

Folk Music and Song in the WPA Ex-Slave Narratives (American Made Music Series)

University Press of Mississippi

£74.61 23 Sep 2026
Gullah-Geechee Diasporas: Knowledge, Culture, and Black Lowcountry Legacies
97% match

Gullah-Geechee Diasporas: Knowledge, Culture, and Black Lowcountry Legacies

uscpress

£69.06 27 Sep 2026
The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson: Blues, Race, Identity (American Music History)
97% match

The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson: Blues, Race, Identity (American Music History)

£85.99 22 Sep 2026
Peep Light: Stories of a Mississippi River Boat Captain
97% match

Peep Light: Stories of a Mississippi River Boat Captain

University Press of Mississippi

£66.29 23 Sep 2026
John Brown in New York: The Man, His Family, and the Adirondack Landscape (Excelsior Editions)
97% match

John Brown in New York: The Man, His Family, and the Adirondack Landscape (Excelsior Editions)

State University of New York Press

£68.17 24 Sep 2026
Elena Garro and Mexico's Modern Dreams (Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory)
97% match

Elena Garro and Mexico's Modern Dreams (Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory)

Bloomsbury Academic

£92.19 23 Sep 2026
Folk Engineering: Planning Southern Regionalism
97% match

Folk Engineering: Planning Southern Regionalism

University of North Carolina Press

£61.15 23 Sep 2026
Facing Uncertain Futures: The Transformative Possibilities of Latinx Youth Literatures (Children's Literature Association Series)
97% match

Facing Uncertain Futures: The Transformative Possibilities of Latinx Youth Literatures (Children's Literature Association Series)

University Press of Mississippi

£60.50 30 Sep 2026
Speakeasies to Symphonies: The Jazz Genius of James P. Johnson (American Made Music Series)
97% match

Speakeasies to Symphonies: The Jazz Genius of James P. Johnson (American Made Music Series)

University Press of Mississippi

£66.29 22 Sep 2026
Sisterlocking Discoarse: Race, Gender, and the Twenty-First-Century Academy (SUNY series in Feminist Criticism and Theory)
97% match

Sisterlocking Discoarse: Race, Gender, and the Twenty-First-Century Academy (SUNY series in Feminist Criticism and Theory)

State University of New York Press

£57.89 30 Sep 2026
Ontology of the Musical Work: Scored Music, Jazz, Pop, and Rock
97% match

Ontology of the Musical Work: Scored Music, Jazz, Pop, and Rock

University Press of Mississippi

£74.63 01 Oct 2026
The Chinese Liberal Spirit: Selected Writings of Xu Fuguan (SUNY series, Translating China)
97% match

The Chinese Liberal Spirit: Selected Writings of Xu Fuguan (SUNY series, Translating China)

State University of New York Press

£57.89 23 Sep 2026
Chattanooga, 1865-1900: A City Set Down in Dixie
97% match

Chattanooga, 1865-1900: A City Set Down in Dixie

Univ Tennessee Press

£62.95 24 Sep 2026
Southern History Remixed: On Rock 'n' Roll and the Dilemma of Race (Southern Dissent)
97% match

Southern History Remixed: On Rock 'n' Roll and the Dilemma of Race (Southern Dissent)

University Press of Florida

£55.61 22 Sep 2026
Faulkner, Welty, Wright: A Mississippi Confluence (Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series)
97% match

Faulkner, Welty, Wright: A Mississippi Confluence (Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series)

University Press of Mississippi

£66.29 22 Sep 2026