Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s
Author:   Daphne Harrison
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Edition:   4th ed.
ISBN:  

9780813512808


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 March 1988
Format:   Paperback
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Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s


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A contribution to the history of the blues in particular and of Afro-American culture in general, new information about a remarkable set of assertive, creative women as well as new insights into the musical heritage they have left behind. Sippie Wallace, Edith Wilson, Victoria Spivey and Alberta Hunter are the collective focus of this work - four influential blues singers with diverse styles, who were big in the 1920s and were still performing in the 1980s. Writing from a firm black/feminist standpoint, Harrison shows the joys, trials, and heartbreaks in the lives of the first popular women blues artists.

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Author:   Daphne Harrison
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Edition:   4th ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780813512808


ISBN 10:   0813512808
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 March 1988
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Riding ""Toby"" to the Big Time 2. ""Crazy Blues"" Starts a New Craze 3. ""Wild Women Don't Have the Blues"": Blues from the Black Woman's Perspective 4. ""Up the Country..."" and Still Singing the Blues: Sippie Wallace 5. Blue Was Her Business: Victoria Spivey 6. ""He Used to Be Your Man..."" But He's Edith Wilson's Now 7. She's Got a Mind to Ramble: Alberta Hunter Conclusion Other Blues Singers Selected Blues Titles by Women Notes Glossary of Colloquialisms Selected Discography Bibliography Subject Index Index of Song Titles"

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