Böcker i African Amer Music in Global Perspective-serien

Negotiating identity in hip-hop culture

Drawing on fieldwork conducted at eight women's music festivals, the author shows how studying these festivals - attended by predominately white lesbians - provides critical insight into the role of music and lesbian community formation. She also offers sage perspectives on black women's involvement in the women's music festival scene.

The life and career of an important African American music executive, entrepreneur, and musician

An exceptionally diverse look at blues history, styles, and performances

Addresses black women's negotiation of race and gender in African American music. This work explores the ways African American women musicians of the twentieth century have negotiated feminisms, engaged in social activism, and worked within - or sometimes independent of - a male-dominated music industry.