| Description |
1 online resource () : illustrations |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939.
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Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937.
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Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.
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Blues (Music) -- History and criticism.
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Feminism and music -- United States.
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Women blues musicians -- United States.
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African American women.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
EBSCOhost
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| ISBN |
9780307574442 (electronic bk.) |
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030757444X (electronic bk.) |
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1299172393 (ebk) |
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9781299172395 (ebk) |
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