Black Resonance: Iconic Women Singers and African American Literature by Emily J. Lordi

Black Resonance: Iconic Women Singers and African American Literature

The American Literatures Initiative

Emily J. Lordi

304 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction art gender music race informative reflective medium-paced
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Ever since Bessie Smith's powerful voice conspired with the "race records" industry to make her a star in the 1920s, African American writers have memorialized the sounds and theorized the politics of black women's singing. In Black Resonance, Emi...

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