Black Women and Music
Subtitle: More Than the Blues (African Amer Music in Global Perspective)
Contributors: Eileen M. Hayes (Editor); Linda F. Williams (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: March 16, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780252031847
Subjects: American studies; Folk music; Women's studies; Music; Music/Songbooks; Africa; Ethnic; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; History & Criticism - General; Social Science / Women's Studies; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Ethnomusicology; African American women; African American women musicians; History and criticism
Description: Features a collection of essays that detail black women's experiences in various forms of music and details such topics as black authenticity, sexual politics, access, racial uplift through music, and the challenges of writing black feminist biographies.