Blues empress in black Chattanooga : Bessie Smith and the emerging urban South /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Scott, Michelle R., 1974-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Smith, Bessie, > 1894-1937.
Smith, Bessie.
Singers > United States > Biography.
Blues (Music) > Tennessee > Chattanooga > History and criticism.
African Americans > Tennessee > Chattanooga > History.
Chanteurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Tennessee > Chattanooga > Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC > Printed Music > General.
African Americans.
Blues (Music)
Singers.
Chattanooga (Tenn.) > History.
Tennessee > Chattanooga.
United States.
Tennessee
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: uncovering the life of a blues woman
  • Beyond the contraband camps: Black Chattanooga from the Civil War to 1880
  • The freest town on the map: Black migration to new south Chattanooga
  • The empress's playground: Bessie Smith and Black childhood in the urban South
  • Life on Big Ninth Street: the emerging blues culture in Chattanooga
  • An empress in vaudeville: Bessie Smith on the theater circuit.

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