Blues Legacies and Black Feminism
By Angela Y. Davis
By Angela Y. Davis
By Angela Y. Davis
By Angela Y. Davis
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$19.00
Jan 26, 1999 | ISBN 9780679771265
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Oct 05, 2011 | ISBN 9780307574442
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Table Of Contents
I. I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama: Ideology, Sexuality and Domesticity
II. Blame It On the Blues: Bessie Smith, “Ma” Rainey and the Politics of Blues Protest
III. Mama’s Got The Blues: Rivals, Girlfriends and Advisors
IV. Here Come My Train: Traveling Themes in Ma Rainey’s Blues
V. Preaching the Blues: Spirituality and Self-Consciousness
VI. Up In Harlem Every Saturday Night: Blues and the Black Aesthetic
VII. When A Woman Loves A Man: Social Implications of Billie Holiday’s Love Songs
VIII. Strange Fruit: Music and Social Consciousness
Lyrics to Songs Recorded by Gertrude “Ma” Rainey
Lyrics to Songs Recorded by Bessie Smith
Notes
Works Consulted
Index
Permissions Acknowledgments
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