Black Diamond Queens: African

Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll Wydawca: Duke University Press Opis produktu African American women have played a pivotal part in rock and roll-from laying its foundations and singing chart-topping hits to influencing some of the genre's most iconic acts. Despite this, black women's importance to the music's history has been diminished by narratives of rock as a mostly white male enterprise. In Black Diamond Queens, Maureen Mahon draws on recordings, press coverage, archival materials, and interviews to document the history of African American women in rock and roll between the 1950s and the 1980s. Mahon details the musical contributions and cultural impact of Big Mama Thornton, LaVern Baker, Betty Davis, Tina Turner, Merry Clayton, Labelle, the Shirelles, and others, demonstrating how dominant views of gender, race, sexuality, and genre affected their careers. By uncovering this hidden history of black women in rock and roll, Mahon reveals a powerful sonic legacy that continues to reverberate into the twenty-first century. Specyfikacja SKU: DUKE056008631 EAN: 9781478011224 Waga: 544 g Author: Mahon, Maureen Binding: Paperback Pages: 408 Publication Year: 2020 BISAC Category 1: MUS035000 BISAC Category 2: SOC001000 BISAC Category 3: SOC028000