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Title Billie Holiday : essays on the artistry and legacy / edited by Michael V. Perez and Jessica McKee
Published Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

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Contents Introduction / Jessica McKee and Michael V. Perez -- In stereotragic hi-fidelity : performing Billie Holiday / Michael V. Perez -- Billie reverberates her blues : advertising Love for sale that costs More than you know / Tammie Jenkins -- Lady sings the blues? : tragedy, autobiography and reassessment / Anna Maria Barry -- Merging artists : the legacy of Motown's Lady sings the blues / Claudius Stemmler -- "Owning" Billie Holiday in several representative jazz poems / William Levine -- Brigitte loves Billie : channeling Holiday in Domino (1988) / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns -- Seeing is believing? : reading Billie Holiday through photography / Matthew Duffus -- Shouting back : cohering Lady Day through Kevin Young's jazz poem anthology / Taylor Joy Mitchell -- Reevaluating Lady sings the blues and What's love got to do with it : ambivalent representations of black female artistry / Jesse Schlotterbeck -- Easy to love : representations of Billie Holiday in contemporary American poetry / Tara Betts -- The fruit is on the ground : the impact of "Strange fruit" on Black Lives Matter / Devona Mallory
Summary ""Eleanora "Lady Day" Fagan, better known as Billie Holiday, played a primary role in the development of American jazz culture and in African American history. Devoted to the enduring jazz icon, covering many aspects of her career, image and legacy, these essays range from musical and vocal analyses, to critical assessments of film depictions of the singer, to analysis of the social movements and protests addressed by her signature songs, including her impact on contemporary movements such as #BlackLivesMatter. More than a century after her birth, Billie Holiday's abiding relevance and impact is a testament to the power of musical protest. This collection pays tribute to her creativity, bravery and lasting legacy."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 10, 2019)
Subject Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.
Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 -- Influence
Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 fast
Subject Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 21st century
African American women jazz singers -- Biography
Women jazz singers -- Biography
Jazz singers -- United States -- Biography
Music / Genres & Styles / Jazz.
African American women jazz singers
Civil rights movements
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Jazz singers
Women jazz singers
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
Author Perez, Michael V., 1963- editor
McKee, Jessica, 1979- editor
ISBN 1476637083
9781476637082