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By Eileen M. Hayes,Linda Tillery

Drawing on fieldwork performed at 8 women's song fairs, Eileen M. Hayes exhibits how learning those festivals--attended via predominately white lesbians--provides severe perception into the function of track and lesbian group formation. She argues that the women's song pageant is an important institutional web site for the emergence of black feminist attention within the modern interval. Hayes additionally deals sage views on black women's involvement within the women's song competition scene, the ramifications in their performances as drag kings in these environments, and the demanding situations and joys of a black lesbian retreat in response to the feminist competition version. With acuity and candor, longtime feminist activist Hayes elucidates why this tune scene issues. Veteran vocalist, percussionist, manufacturer, and cultural historian Linda Tillery offers a foreword.

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