Black Women and Music More Than the Blues |
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| Editor:
| Hayes, Eileen M.
Williams, Linda F. |
| Foreword by:
| Monson, Ingrid |
| Series title: | African Amer Music in Global Perspective Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-07426-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2007 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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This collection is the first interdisciplinary volume to examine black women's negotiation of race and gender in African American music. Contributors address black women's activity in musical arenas that pre- and postdate the emergence of the vaudeville blues singers of the 1920s. Throughout, the authors illustrate black women's advocacy of ......
This collection is the first interdisciplinary volume to examine black women's negotiation of race and gender in African American music. Contributors address black women's activity in musical arenas that pre- and postdate the emergence of the vaudeville blues singers of the 1920s. Throughout, the authors illustrate black women's advocacy of ......