See me naked : Black women defining pleasure during the interwar era / Tara T. Green.

"Pleasure refers to the freedom to pursue a desire, deliberately sought in order to satisfy the self. Putting pleasure first is liberating. During their extraordinary lives, Lena Horne, Moms Mabley, Yolande DuBois, and Memphis Minnie enjoyed pleasure as they gave pleasure to both those in their live...

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Main Author: Green, Tara T. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
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Physical Description:v, 193 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Introduction: Pleasure is all mine -- Finding Yolande Du Bois's pleasure -- Lena Horne and respectable pleasure -- Moms Mabley and the art of pleasure -- Memphis Minnie and songs of pleasure -- Pleasurable resistance in Langston Hughes's Not without laughter -- Conclusion: Black feminist musings from nature, the context of pleasure in 2020. 
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