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Davis, Angela Yvonne, 1944-

Blues legacies and Black feminism : Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday / Angela Y. Davis. - New York : Vintage, 1999. - xx, 427 pages, [12] pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Reprint. Originally published: New York: Pantheon Books, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN: 0679771263 9780679771265

LCCN: 97033021

Subjects--Personal Names:
Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939.
Smith, Bessie, 1898?-1937.
Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Blues (Music)--History and criticism.
Feminism and music--United States.
Women blues musicians--United States.
African American women.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: ML3521 / D355 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 782.4216 782.4216 / DAVI