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Blues Empress in Black Chattanooga

Author : Michelle R. Scott
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252092376
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Blues Empress in Black Chattanooga written by Michelle R. Scott and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of the first African American vocalists to be recorded, Bessie Smith is a prominent figure in American popular culture and African American history. Michelle R. Scott uses Smith's life as a lens to investigate broad issues in history, including industrialization, Southern rural to urban migration, black community development in the post-emancipation era, and black working-class gender conventions. Arguing that the rise of blues culture and the success of female blues artists like Bessie Smith are connected to the rapid migration and industrialization in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Scott focuses her analysis on Chattanooga, Tennessee, the large industrial and transportation center where Smith was born. This study explores how the expansion of the Southern railroads and the development of iron foundries, steel mills, and sawmills created vast employment opportunities in the postbellum era. Chronicling the growth and development of the African American Chattanooga community, Scott examines the Smith family's migration to Chattanooga and the popular music of black Chattanooga during the first decade of the twentieth century, and culminates by delving into Smith's early years on the vaudeville circuit.

The Realm of a Blues Empress

Author : Michelle R. Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (528 download)

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Download or read book The Realm of a Blues Empress written by Michelle R. Scott and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Biographical Dictionary of African Americans, Revised Edition

Author : Rachel Kranz
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1438198779
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of African Americans, Revised Edition written by Rachel Kranz and published by Infobase Holdings, Inc. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, African Americans have made important contributions to American culture. From Crispus Attucks, whose death marked the start of the Revolutionary War, to Oprah Winfrey, perhaps the most recognizable and influential TV personality today, black men and women have played an integral part in American history. This greatly expanded and updated edition of our best-selling volume, The Biographical Dictionary of Black Americans, Revised Edition profiles more than 250 of America's important, influential, and fascinating black figures, past and present—in all fields, including the arts, entertainment, politics, science, sports, the military, literature, education, the media, religion, and many more.

Black Fire—This Time, Volume 2

Author : Derrick Harriell
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1734827343
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Black Fire—This Time, Volume 2 written by Derrick Harriell and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2024-05-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this follow-up volume in the Black Fire—This Time series, over seventy-five poets and writers come together on the ongoing theme of "Black is Beautiful, Black is Powerful, Black is Home." Works ranging from poetry, fiction, essays, and drama cover a wide range of Black literature. This "continuum" of writing, as coined by Volume 1 editor Kim McMillon, brings together legends of the Black Arts era with contemporary writers in the tradition. This edition includes a hallmark work from the Black Arts era, We Own the Night by playwright and one of the last living legends Jimmy Garrett. Volume 2 of Black Fire—This Time will educate and inspire the next generation.

Black Female Sexualities

Author : Trimiko Melancon
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813571758
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Black Female Sexualities written by Trimiko Melancon and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-26 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western culture has long regarded black female sexuality with a strange mix of fascination and condemnation, associating it with everything from desirability, hypersexuality, and liberation to vulgarity, recklessness, and disease. Yet even as their bodies and sexualities have been the subject of countless public discourses, black women’s voices have been largely marginalized in these discussions. In this groundbreaking collection, feminist scholars from across the academy come together to correct this omission—illuminating black female sexual desires marked by agency and empowerment, as well as pleasure and pain, to reveal the ways black women regulate their sexual lives. The twelve original essays in Black Female Sexualities reveal the diverse ways black women perceive, experience, and represent sexuality. The contributors highlight the range of tactics that black women use to express their sexual desires and identities. Yet they do not shy away from exploring the complex ways in which black women negotiate the more traumatic aspects of sexuality and grapple with the legacy of negative stereotypes. Black Female Sexualities takes not only an interdisciplinary approach—drawing from critical race theory, sociology, and performance studies—but also an intergenerational one, in conversation with the foremothers of black feminist studies. In addition, it explores a diverse archive of representations, covering everything from blues to hip-hop, from Crash to Precious, from Sister Souljah to Edwidge Danticat. Revealing that black female sexuality is anything but a black-and-white issue, this collection demonstrates how to appreciate a whole spectrum of subjectivities, experiences, and desires.

Focus On: 100 Most Popular Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2301 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular Vaudeville Performers

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1438 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Focus On: 100 Most Popular Vaudeville Performers written by Wikipedia contributors and published by e-artnow sro. This book was released on with total page 1438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Georgia Women

Author : Betty Wood
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820337846
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Georgia Women written by Betty Wood and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in the second volume of Georgia Women portray a wide array of Georgia women who played an important role in the state's history, from little-known Progressive Era activists to famous present-day figures such as Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.

Blues

Author : Bob L. Eagle
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Blues written by Bob L. Eagle and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the blues genre by region, and describing the differences unique to each, make this a must-have for music scholars and lay readers alike. A melding of many types of music such as ragtime, spiritual, jug band, and other influences came together in what we now call the blues. Blues: A Regional Experience is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference book of blues performers yet published, correcting many errors in the existing literature. Arranged mainly by ecoregions of the United States, this volume traces the history of blues from one region to another, identifying the unique sounds and performers of that area. Each section begins with a brief introduction, including a discussion of the region's culture and its influence on blues music. Chapters take an in-depth look at blues styles from the following regions: Virginia and the tidewater area, Carolinas and the Piedmont area, the Appalachians and Alabama, the Mississippi Delta, Greater Texas, the Lower Midwest, the Midwest, the Northeast, and California and the West. Biographical sketches of musicians such as B.B. King and T-Bone Walker include parental data and up-to-date biographical information, including full names, pseudonyms, and burial place, when available. The work includes a chapter devoted to the Vaudeville era, presenting much information never before published. A chronology, selected artists' CD discography, and bibliography round out this title for students and music fans.

The Great Black Migration

Author : Steven A. Reich
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Great Black Migration written by Steven A. Reich and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-04-17 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treating broad themes as well as specific topics, this guide to the Great Black Migration will introduce high school students to a touchstone critical to shaping the history of African Americans in the United States. The movement of Southern blacks to the urban North and West over the course of the 20th century had a profound impact on black life, affecting everything from politics and labor to literature and the popular arts. This encyclopedia provides readers and researchers with a comprehensive reference work on this central topic of African American history, exploring the breadth of the black migration experience from its origins in the agricultural economy of the post–Civil War South to the return migration of the late 20th century. Entries cover such topics as the destinations that attracted black migrants, the impact of the Great Migration on black religion, the relationship between migration and black politics, and the patterns of discrimination and racial violence migrants encountered. Unlike more general reference works on African American history, each entry in the encyclopedia situates its subject within the context of black migration and articulates connections between the subject of the entry and the overall history of the migration.

Experiencing Bessie Smith

Author : John Clark
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442243414
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Experiencing Bessie Smith written by John Clark and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bessie Smith occupies a unique place in the history of American music. She was one of the first undisputed artists to come from the American vernacular tradition of the twentieth century, and as a woman, she was a figure of extraordinary power. She organized and led her own touring companies, wrote some of her repertoire, controlled her many relationships (romantic and otherwise), and even negotiated her own contracts. This type of agency was virtually unheard of in the popular music industry during the first half of the century, and Smith is often cited as a major influence on artists who sought to manage their work and reputation. Her musical output comprises a long series of recordings done between 1923 and 1933, all of which feature her vocal range, musical ability, and emotional power. Her band included some of the best black musicians of the day. In Experiencing Bessie Smith, John Clark chronicles Bessie Smith’s vital contribution to and influence on music, the music industry, and the recording industry. While her recording career lasted only a decade, she toured long before setting her music to vinyl, with much of her early career amply documented. Singers from Billie Holiday to Janis Joplin were influenced by her work, and both musicians and music lovers today continue to be entranced by her unmistakable style.

Magic City Nights

Author : Andre Millard
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819576999
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Magic City Nights written by Andre Millard and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exploration of rock ’n’ roll music and culture in Birmingham, Alabama, is based on the oral histories of musicians, their fans and professionals in the popular music industry. Collected over a twenty-year period, their stories describe the coming of rock ’n’ roll in the 1950s, the rise of the garage bands in the 1960s, of southern rock in the 1970s, and of alternative music in the 1980s and 1990s. Told in the words of the musicians themselves, Magic City Nights provides an insider’s view of the dramatic changes in the business and status of popular music from the era of the vacuum tube to twenty-first-century digital technology. These collective memories offer a unique perspective on the impact of a subversive and racially integrated music culture in one of the most conservative and racially divided cities in the country.

The Flood Year 1927

Author : Susan Scott Parrish
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691182949
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Flood Year 1927 written by Susan Scott Parrish and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly nuanced cultural history of the Great Mississippi flood The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in U.S. history, drowning crops and displacing more than half a million people across seven states. It was also the first environmental disaster to be experienced virtually on a mass scale. The Flood Year 1927 draws from newspapers, radio broadcasts, political cartoons, vaudeville, blues songs, poetry, and fiction to show how this event provoked an intense and lasting cultural response. Americans at first seemed united in what Herbert Hoover called a "great relief machine," but deep rifts soon arose. Southerners, pointing to faulty federal levee design, decried the attack of Yankee water. The condition of African American evacuees prompted comparisons to slavery from pundits like W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells. And environmentalists like Gifford Pinchot called the flood "the most colossal blunder in civilized history." Susan Scott Parrish examines how these and other key figures—from entertainers Will Rogers, Miller & Lyles, and Bessie Smith to authors Sterling Brown, William Faulkner, and Richard Wright—shaped public awareness and collective memory of the event. The crises of this period that usually dominate historical accounts are war and financial collapse, but The Flood Year 1927 allows us to assess how mediated environmental disasters became central to modern consciousness.

The Famous Lady Lovers

Author : Cookie Woolner
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469675498
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book The Famous Lady Lovers written by Cookie Woolner and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black queer women have shaped American culture since long before the era of gay liberation. Decades prior to the Stonewall Uprising, in the 1920s and 1930s, Black "lady lovers"—as women who loved women were then called—crafted a queer world. In the cabarets, rent parties, speakeasies, literary salons, and universities of the Jazz Age and Great Depression, communities of Black lady lovers grew, and queer flirtations flourished. Cookie Woolner here uncovers the intimate lives of performers, writers, and educators such as Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Gladys Bentley, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and Lucy Diggs Slowe, along with the many everyday women she encountered in the archives. Examining blues songs, Black newspapers, vice reports, memoirs, sexology case studies, and more, Woolner illuminates the unconventional lives Black lady lovers formed to suit their desires. In the urban North, as the Great Migration gave rise to increasingly racially mixed cities, Black lady lovers fashioned and participated in emerging sexual subcultures. During this time, Black queer women came to represent anxieties about the deterioration of the heteronormative family. Negotiating shifting notions of sexuality and respectability, Black lady lovers strategically established queer networks, built careers, created families, and were vital cultural contributors to the US interwar era.

100 Books Every Blues Fan Should Own

Author : Edward Komara
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810889226
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book 100 Books Every Blues Fan Should Own written by Edward Komara and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-02-07 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Search the Internet for the 100 best songs or best albums. Dozens of lists will appear from aficionados to major music personalities. But what if you not only love listening to the blues or country music or jazz or rock, you love reading about it, too. How do you separate what matters from what doesn’t among the hundreds—sometimes thousands—of books on the music you so love? In the Best Music Books series, readers finally have a quick-and-ready list of the most important works published on modern major music genres by leading experts. In 100 Books Every Blues Fan Should Own, Edward Komara, former Blues Archivist of the University of Mississippi, and his successor Greg Johnson select those histories, biographies, surveys, transcriptions and studies from the many hundreds of works that have been published about this vital American musical genre. Komara and Johnson provide a short description of the contents and the achievement of each title selected for their “Blues 100.” Entries include full bibliographic citations, prices of copies in print, and even descriptions of specific editions for book collectors. 100 Books Every Blues Fan Should Own also includes suggested blues recordings to accompany each recommended work, as well as a concluding section on key reference titles—or as Komara and Johnson phrase it: “The Books behind the Blues 100.” 100 Books Every Blues Fan Should Own serves as a guide for any blues fan looking for a road map through the history of—and even history of the scholarship on—the blues. Here Komara and Johnson answer the question of not only what is a “blues” book, but which ones are worth owning.

Women in Music

Author : Karin Pendle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415994209
Total Pages : 870 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Women in Music written by Karin Pendle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women in Music: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography emerging from more than twenty-five years of feminist scholarship on music. This book testifies to the great variety of subjects and approaches represented in over two decades of published writings on women, their work, and the important roles that feminist outlooks have played in formerly male-oriented academic scholarship or journalistic musings on women and music.

T.O.B.A. Time

Author : Michelle R. Scott
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252054032
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book T.O.B.A. Time written by Michelle R. Scott and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black vaudevillians and entertainers joked that T.O.B.A. stood for “tough on black artists.” But the Theater Owner’s Booking Association (T.O.B.A.) played a foundational role in the African American entertainment industry and provided a training ground for icons like Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Sammy Davis Jr., the Nicholas Brothers, Count Basie, and Butterbeans and Susie. Michelle R. Scott’s institutional history details T.O.B.A.’s origins and practices while telling the little-known stories of the managers, producers, performers, and audience members involved in the circuit. Looking at the organization over its eleven-year existence (1920–1931), Scott places T.O.B.A. against the backdrop of what entrepreneurship and business development meant in black America at the time. Scott also highlights how intellectuals debated the social, economic, and political significance of black entertainment from the early 1900s through T.O.B.A.’s decline during the Great Depression. Clear-eyed and comprehensive, T.O.B.A. Time is a fascinating account of black entertainment and black business during a formative era.