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Davis, Angela Y. 1944-

Blues legacies and Black feminism : Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday / Angela Y. Davis. - 1st Vintage books ed. - New York : Vintage, 1999. - 1 online resource : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

Examines how Black female blues singers expressed a working class, feminist perspective.

ISBN: 9780307574442 030757444X 1299172393 9781299172395

Publisher. No.: EB00170840 Recorded Books

Source: 448489 MIL DE3EAD2D-9306-4181-B134-8D6D40E3DFD0 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

Subjects--Personal Names:
Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939.
Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937.
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:
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: ML3521 / .D355 1999eb

Dewey Class. No.: 782.421643/082