Songs in Black and lavender [electronic resource] : race, sexual politics, and women's music / Eileen M. Hayes ; foreword by Linda Tillery.

ISBN:

9780252091490

Title:

Author:

Hayes, Eileen M.

Personal Author:

Hayes, Eileen M.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 231 pages).

Series:

African American music in global perspective

Contents:

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.

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Subject Term:

African American women -- Music -- History and criticism.

Women's music -- History and criticism.

Women's music festivals -- United States.

Feminism and music -- United States.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2010

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Summary

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.

Author Notes

Eileen M. Hayes is an associate professor of music and the chair of the division of music history, theory, and ethnomusicology at the University of North Texas. She is the coeditor of Black Women and Music: More than the Blues.

Reviews (1)

Choice Review

With this book Hayes (Univ. of North Texas) takes the next step, a decidedly large step, in the ethnographic study of the role of women in musical evolution. She looks at the role black women have played, from the 1970s to the present, in the women's music movement, in so doing opening doors and asking significant questions. As her point of departure Hayes uses the women's music festival, and discusses contributions women have made to eight such festivals. She looks not only at the roles of performers, but also at audiences, festival entrepreneurs and organizers, and a host of others pivotal to the success of these events. Arguing that these festivals are attended primarily by white lesbians, she takes the study yet another step by examining the significant place of black lesbian musicians at these venues. In examining political issues surrounding culture and the black feminist consciousness, Hayes provides a new paradigm for approaching these significant festivals. Written with candor and humor, Hayes's study models a welcome, crucial, and decisive turn in scholarship on women's music. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. K. S. Todd Oklahoma Baptist University