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Description edit
The author of "Women, Race and Class" suggests that "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday represent a black working-class, feminist ideology and historical consciousness. Davis' illuminating analysis of the songs performed by these artists provides readers with a compelling and... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Bessie Smith: Add a description of this character.
- Gertrude Rainey
- Ma Rainey
- Clarence Williams
- Spencer Williams
- Billie Holiday: singer
- Thomas Dorsey
- Papa
- Zora Neale Hurston: writer
- Tillie
- Mama
- Devil
- Carl Van Vechten: writer and photographer
- Charlie
- G. Brooks
- Jim Crow
- Sandra Lieb
- Porter Grainger
- Dan
- Black
- Lawd
- Frankie
- Langston Hughes: writer
- Lewis Allen
- Fred Longshaw
- Clara Smith
- Albertson
- John
- Baker
- Levine
- Alexander
- Lou
- Edward Brooks
- Josephson
- Mrs. Jones
- Oliver
- Eulalia: two-headed doctor
Quotes edit
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“True, the man was married, but, insisted the customer, his wife was working roots on him in order to keep the marriage together. In the man’s yard Hurston buried a lemon stuffed with gunpowder and a piece of paper on which the wife’s name had been written nine times.”
First Sentence edit
Like most forms of popular music, African-American blues lyrics talk about love.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Angela Y. Davis (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 067945005X
Page Count: 427
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 067945005X
Page Count: 427
Awards edit
- American Book Award (1998)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 782.421643082
Subjects edit
- Books › Entertainment › Music › Musical Genres › Blues
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Special Groups › African-American Studies
- Books › Nonfiction › Women's Studies › History
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology
- Books › Nonfiction › Women's Studies › Feminist Theory
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Women
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Arts & Literature › Composers & Musicians
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Ethnic & National › African-American & Black
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