Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll

by Maureen Mahon

Book Overview

African American women have played a pivotal part in rock and roll--from laying its foundations and singing chart-topping hits to influencing some of the genre's most iconic acts. Despite this, black women's importance to the music's history has been diminished by narratives of rock as a mostly white male enterprise. In Black Diamond Queens, Maureen Mahon draws on recordings, press coverage, archival materials, and interviews to document the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478010193
• ISBN13: 9781478010197
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"