If You Can t be Free be a Mystery

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If You Can t be Free  be a Mystery
Author : Farah Jasmine Griffin
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Language : English
Release Date : 28 March 2024
ISBN : 9780684868080
Pages : 262 pages
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The threads of Billie Holiday's mystique are unraveled in this study of a woman who needed to create art at any cost. Griffin liberates Holiday from stereotypes of black women and pries her away from the male tradition of jazz criticism while presenting Holiday's independent spirit. of photos.

If You Can t be Free  be a Mystery

The threads of Billie Holiday's mystique are unraveled in this study of a woman who needed to create art at any cost. Griffin liberates Holiday from stereotypes of black women and pries her away from the male tradition of jazz criticism while presenting Holiday's independent spirit. of photos.

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