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

Author/Creator:

Davis, Angela Y. 1944- (Angela Yvonne)

Publication/Creation:

New York : Pantheon Books, [1998]

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

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

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Additional Author/Creators:

Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, signer

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

African American author

Subjects:

Rainey, Ma,1886-1939
Smith, Bessie,1894-1937
Holiday, Billie,1915-1959
Blues (Music)--History and criticism
Blues (Music)--Texts
Feminism and music--United States
Women blues musicians--United States
African American women
Feminism

Description/Summary

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.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xx, 427 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Local Note:

Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library copy has dust jacket; signed by Davis.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990010368070302486

ISBN:

067945005X
9780679450054

OCLC Number:

37418303

Barcode:

010002428254
010000345989