TY - BOOK AU - Hayes,Eileen M. TI - Songs in Black and lavender: race, sexual politics, and women's music T2 - African American music in global perspective SN - 9780252091490 AV - ML82 .S664 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press KW - African American women KW - Music KW - History and criticism KW - Women's music KW - Women's music festivals KW - United States KW - Feminism and music KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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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