Abstract
In Chapter 8, Tracy Fessenden situates Billie Holiday within a context of proscription and oppression, a context which both constrained Holiday and was rejected by her. A black woman in early twentieth-century America, Holiday faced racial and gendered oppression and segregation, but her career as a jazz icon firmly denied the kinds of limitations that should otherwise have defined her identity.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Cultural Icons and Cultural Leadership |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. |
| Pages | 120-137 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781786438065 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781786438058 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2017 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)