“The Beloved Purple of Their Eyes: Inheriting Bessie Smith’s Politics of Sexuality”
Bessie Smith has traditionally been regarded as The Empress of the Blues. Armed with a potent voice and a daring performance, she became one of the first and most popular African-American artists of all time. Through the lyrics of her songs, she underlined the difficulties many African-American wom...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Zaragoza
2007-12-01
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| Series: | Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/misc/article/view/9763 |