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Songs in Black and lavender : race, sexual politics, and women's music / Eileen M. Hayes ; foreword by Linda Tillery.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hayes, Eileen M.
- Series:
- African American music in global perspective.
- African American music in global perspective
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American women--Music--History and criticism.
- African American women.
- Women's music--History and criticism.
- Women's music.
- Women's music festivals--United States.
- Women's music festivals.
- Feminism and music--United States.
- Feminism and music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Diary of a mad Black woman festigoer
- Reconnaissance : entering a music festival scene
- After the golden age : negotiating perspective
- Nappy (and deep) roots : streams of musical and political influence
- "Ideal relationships" : women's music audiences
- Redistricting : gay and black outdoors
- Legacy : musicians of the next generation
- Working for the weekend : festival organizers and workers
- Guys like us : community membership revisited.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes discography (p. 213-215), bibliographical references (p. 217-228), and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613028921
- 9781283028929
- 1283028921
- 9780252091490
- 0252091493
- OCLC:
- 708738128
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