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A contribution to the history of the blues and of Afro-American culture in general. Writing from a black/feminist standpoint, Harrison shows the joys, trials, heartbreaks and enduring influence of such singers as Victoria Spivey and Alberta Hunter.

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

Black Pearls Blues Queens of the 1920s

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      Publisher Rutgers University Press
      Published 1 March 1988
      ISBN-13 9780813512808
      978-0813512808
      ISBN-10 0813512808
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A contribution to the history of the blues and of Afro-American culture in general. Writing from a black/feminist standpoint, Harrison shows the joys, trials, heartbreaks and enduring influence of such singers as Victoria Spivey and Alberta Hunter.

      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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