Songs in Black and lavender : race, sexual politics, and women's music /
Eileen M. Hayes ; foreword by Linda Tillery.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2010.
- 1 online resource.
- African American music in global perspective .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
Annotation
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.
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African American women--Music--History and criticism. Women's music--History and criticism. Women's music festivals--United States. Feminism and music--United States.