Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll

African American women have played a pivotal part in rock and roll--from laying its foundations and singing...
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Author: Maureen Mahon
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Language: English
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Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll by Mahon, Maureen

Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll

CHF 231.26

Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll

CHF 231.26
Author: Maureen Mahon
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
African American women have played a pivotal part in rock and roll--from laying its foundations and singing chart-topping hits to influencing some of the genre's most iconic acts. Despite this, black women's importance to the music's history has been diminished by narratives of rock as a mostly white male enterprise. In Black Diamond Queens, Maureen Mahon draws on recordings, press coverage, archival materials, and interviews to document the history of African American women in rock and roll between the 1950s and the 1980s. Mahon details the musical contributions and cultural impact of Big Mama Thornton, LaVern Baker, Betty Davis, Tina Turner, Merry Clayton, Labelle, the Shirelles, and others, demonstrating how dominant views of gender, race, sexuality, and genre affected their careers. By uncovering this hidden history of black women in rock and roll, Mahon reveals a powerful sonic legacy that continues to reverberate into the twenty-first century.

Author: Maureen Mahon
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 10/30/2020
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.57lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9781478010197


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/01/2020 pg. 22
Choice 02/01/2022

About the Author
Maureen Mahon is Associate Professor of Music at New York University and author of Right To Rock: The Black Rock Coalition and the Cultural Politics of Race, also published by Duke University Press.

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