Songs in black and lavender : race, sexual politics, and women's music
Drawing on fieldwork conducted at eight women's music festivals, shows how studying these festivals, attended by predominately white lesbians, provides critical insight into the role of music and lesbian community formation. Argues that the women's music festival is a significant institutional site for the emergence of black feminist consciousness in the contemporary period. 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. From publisher description
Print Book, English, 2010
University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 2010