Blues legacies and Black feminism : Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Davis, Angela Y, (Angela Yvonne), 1944-
Imprint:	New York : Pantheon Books, c1998.
Description:	xx, 427 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Rainey, Ma, -- 1886-1939. Smith, Bessie, -- 1894-1937. Holiday, Billie, -- 1915-1959. Holiday, Billie, -- 1915-1959 Rainey, Ma, -- 1886-1939 Smith, Bessie, -- 1894-1937 Blues (Music) -- History and criticism. Blues (Music) -- Texts. Feminism and music -- United States. Women blues musicians -- United States. African American women. African American women singers. Blues (Music) Feminism and music. Women blues musicians. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Texts.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2901012

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ISBN:	067945005X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

I Used to be Your Sweet Mama: Ideology, Sexuality, and Domesticity
Mama's Got the Blues: Rivals, Girlfriends, and Advisors
Here Come My Train: Traveling Themes and Women's Blues
Blame It on the Blues: Bessie Smith, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, and the Politics of Blues Protest
Preaching the Blues: Spirituality and Self-consciousness
Up in Harlem Every Saturday Night: Blues and the Black Aesthetic
When a Woman Loves a Man: Social Implications of Billie Holiday's Love Songs
"Strange Fruit": Music and Social Consciousness
Lyrics to Songs Recorded by Gertrude "Ma" Rainey
Lyrics to Songs Recorded by Bessie Smith.

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