Book/Printed Material Blues legacies and Black feminism : Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday

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Title

Blues legacies and Black feminism : Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday

Names

Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-

Created / Published

New York : Pantheon Books, c1998.

Headings

- Blues (Music)--History and criticism
- Blues (Music)--Texts
- Feminism and music--United States
- Women blues musicians--United States
- African American women
- Rainey, Ma,--1886-1939
- Smith, Bessie,--1894-1937
- Holiday, Billie,--1915-1959

Notes

- Includes bibliographical references and index.

Medium

xx, 427 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

ML3521 .D355 1998

Library of Congress Control Number

97033021

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https://lccn.loc.gov/97033021

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Davis, Angela Y. Blues legacies and Black feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday. New York: Pantheon Books, 1998.

APA citation style:

Davis, A. Y. (1998) Blues legacies and Black feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday. New York: Pantheon Books.

MLA citation style:

Davis, Angela Y. Blues legacies and Black feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday. New York: Pantheon Books, 1998.

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