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Blues Legacies and Black Feminism by Angela Y. Davis
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Blues Legacies and Black Feminism by Angela Y. Davis
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Jan 26, 1999 | ISBN 9780679771265

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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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