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- Songs in Black and Lavender: Race, Sexual Politics, and Women's Music
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
- Series: African American Music in Global Perspective
summary
Drawing on fieldwork conducted at eight women's music festivals, Eileen M. Hayes shows how studying these festivals--attended by predominately white lesbians--provides critical insight into the role of music and lesbian community formation. She argues that the women's music festival is a significant institutional site for the emergence of black feminist consciousness in the contemporary period. Hayes also offers sage perspectives on black women's involvement in the women's music festival scene, the ramifications of their performances as drag kings in those environments, and the challenges and joys of a black lesbian retreat based on the feminist festival model. With acuity and candor, longtime feminist activist Hayes elucidates why this music scene matters. Veteran vocalist, percussionist, producer, and cultural historian Linda Tillery provides a foreword.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- pp. i-iii
- INTRODUCTION
- pp. 1-8
- 6. Redistricting: Gay and Black Outdoors
- pp. 89-113
- 7. Legacy: Musicians of the Next Generation
- pp. 114-130
- CONCLUSION
- pp. 175-178
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- pp. 181-184
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- pp. 217-228
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252091490
Related ISBN(s)
9780252035142, 9780252076985
MARC Record
OCLC
708738128
Pages
248
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2010