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Black diamond queens : African American women and rock and roll /

"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 r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mahon, Maureen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
Colección:Refiguring American music.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Rocking and rolling with Big Mama Thornton
  • LaVern Baker, the incredible disappearing queen of rock and roll
  • Remembering the Shirelles
  • Call and response
  • Negotiating "Brown Sugar"
  • The revolutionary sisterhood of Labelle
  • The fearless funk of Betty Davis
  • Tina Turner's turn to rock.