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Author:

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

Title:

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

Edition:

1st Vintage Books ed.

Publisher:

Vintage,

Copyright Date:

1999, c1998

Description:

xx, 427 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780679771265
0679771263

OCLC:

(OCoLC)40770436

LCCN:

97033021

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OYAX081 -- Boone Campus Library (Boone)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella) — 784.53 Da 78, b

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)