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Words and songs of Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone : sound motion, blues spirit, and African memory / Melanie E. Bratcher.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bratcher, Melanie E.
- Series:
- Studies in African American history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Simone, Nina, 1933-2003.
- Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.
- Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937.
- African Americans--Music--History and criticism.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Music.
- Blues (Music)--History and criticism.
- Blues (Music).
- Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937--Criticism and interpretation.
- Smith, Bessie.
- Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959--Criticism and interpretation.
- Holiday, Billie.
- Simone, Nina, 1933-2003--Criticism and interpretation.
- Simone, Nina.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, [2007]
- Summary:
- This book explores the relationship between three African American women's dance-art-music sensibilities within the context of a Pan African aesthetic.
- Contents:
- Catching the blues spirit
- Musing African memory
- Three women
- Sound motion and spirit.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-239), discography (page 169), and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415980291
- 9780415980296
- OCLC:
- 82367957
- Online:
- Publisher description
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