Blues Legacies and Black Feminism
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| Author | Angela Davis |
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| Subject | Music history and analysis |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books |
Publication date | 1998 |
| Pages | 427 |
| ISBN | 9780679771265 |
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday is a 1998 book by American academic Angela Davis. Davis examines the music of blues singers Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and Ma Rainey from a feminist perspective. Davis proposes that the singers gave a voice to the experiences of America's Black working class and Black women through the 1920-30s that challenged their depictions in wider American culture.[1][2]
References
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- Sources
- Hay, Fred J. (1998). "Review of Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday". Appalachian Journal. 25 (4): 442–445. ISSN 0090-3779.
- "Review of Blues Legacies and Black Feminism". Kirkus Reviews. December 1, 1997. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
Commentary and reviews
[edit]- Brooks, Daphne (10 August 2020). "100 Years Ago, 'Crazy Blues' Sparked a Revolution for Black Women Fans". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- Colby, Michael (February 15, 1998). "Review of Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday". Library Journal. 123 (3): 144.
- Davis, Francis (March 8, 1998). "Ladies Sing the Blues". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- Graybosch, Anthony (1998). "Blues Legacies and Black Feminism:". Newsletter of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. 26 (81): 12–14. doi:10.5840/saap1998268124.
- Hay, Fred J. (1998). "Review of Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday". Appalachian Journal. 25 (4): 442–445. ISSN 0090-3779.
- "Review of Blues Legacies and Black Feminism". Kirkus Reviews. December 1, 1997. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- Nicholson, David (12 February 1998). "Feminism and the Blues". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- Nurse, Donna (February 21, 1998). "Those old black feminist blues". The Globe and Mail.
- Perlah, Jeffery (March 14, 1998). "Blues Legacies And Black Feminism Review". Billboard. 110 (11): 24.
- Purnell, Kim L. (October 2001). "Blues Legacies and Black Feminism, by Angela Y. Davis". Women's Studies in Communication. 24 (2): 262–265. doi:10.1080/07491409.2001.10162437.
- Rose, Tricia (February 24, 1998). "Blues Sisters". The Village Voice. p. 139.
- Stewart, Lindsey (December 2021). ""That's Why I Do What I Do": Southern Black feminism in philosophy". Philosophy Compass. 16 (12). doi:10.1111/phc3.12789.
- Stewart, Lindsey (2017). "Work the Root: Black Feminism, Hoodoo Love Rituals, and Practices of Freedom". Hypatia. 32 (1): 103–118. ISSN 0887-5367.
- Woldu, Gail Hilson (1999). "Review of Blues Legacies and Black Feminism". Women & Music. 3: 90.