Ma Rainey's black bottom
About this book
Presents the script for a two-act play set in a Chicago recording studio in 1927 where African-American band members and blues singer Ma Rainey reveal the conflicted feelings they have about their status in the white man's world.
Subjects
- african american authors
- african americans
- african american women singers
- african american women singers--illinois--chicago--drama
- american blues singers
- american drama
- american drama (dramatic works by one author)
- blues (music)
- blues musicians
- blues musicians--illinois--chicago--drama
- drama
- history
- librettos
- musicals
- musicians
- nineteen twenties
- nineteen twenties--drama
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- race relations
- racism
- rainey, ma , 1886-1939
- recording and reproducing
- sound
- sound--recording and reproducing
- sound--recording and reproducing--illinois--chicago--drama
- sound recording industry
- sound recording industry--united states--drama
- sound studios
- sound studios--illinois--chicago--drama