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Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I Used to be Your Sweet Mama: Ideology, Sexuality, and Domesticity
Mama’s Got the Blues: Rivals, Girlfriends, and Advisors
Here Come My Train: Traveling Themes and Women’s Blues
Blame It on the Blues: Bessie Smith, Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, and the Politics Of Blues Protest
Preaching the Blues: Spirituality and Self-Consciousness
Up in Harlem Every Saturday Night: Blues and the Black Aesthetic
When a Woman Loves a Man: Social Implications of Billie Holiday’s Love Songs
“Strange Fruit”: Music and Social Consciousness
Lyrics to Songs Recorded by: Gertrude “Ma” Rainey
Lyrics to Songs Recorded by: Bessie Smith
Notes
Works Consulted
Permissions Acknowledgments
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