I.  I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama:  Ideology, Sexuality and Domesticity
II.  Blame It On the Blues:  Bessie Smith, “Ma” Rainey and the Politics of
Blues Protest
III.  Mama’s Got The Blues:  Rivals, Girlfriends and Advisors
IV.  Here Come My Train:  Traveling Themes in Ma Rainey’s Blues
V.  Preaching the Blues:  Spirituality and Self-Consciousness
VI.  Up In Harlem Every Saturday Night:  Blues and the Black Aesthetic
VII.  When A Woman Loves A Man:  Social Implications of Billie Holiday’s
Love Songs
VIII.  Strange Fruit:  Music and Social Consciousness
Lyrics to Songs Recorded by Gertrude “Ma” Rainey
Lyrics to Songs Recorded by Bessie Smith
Notes
Works Consulted
Index
Permissions Acknowledgments

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