My Song Is My Own (häftad)
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
192
Utgivningsdatum
1987-01-01
Förlag
Pluto Press
Medarbetare
Armstrong, Frankie / Kerr, Sandra
Illustrationer
Black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
218 x 142 x 14 mm
Vikt
262 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
401:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme w/Matte Lam
ISBN
9780861040322

My Song Is My Own

100 Women's Songs

av Kathy Henderson, Frankie Armstrong, Sandra Kerr
Paperback / Softback,  Engelska, 1987-01-01
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A collection of powerful and evocative songs spanning five centuries, My Song is My Own takes the reader on a musical journey of courtship, desire and sexual relationships, marriage, motherhood and childhood, and work - paid and unpaid.

The book reveals some of the hidden culture and history of women, highlighting how this is revealed to us through the power of their songs, shining important light on a particular moment in the women's movement of the twentieth century.
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Kathy Henderson is an award-winning author and illustrator, whose books have received international acclaim. Her books include The Little Boat, which was shortlisted for the Smarties prize and won the Kurt Maschler Award, and Look At You, and Lugulbanda: The Boy who Got Caught Up in a War, which won the Aesop prize of the American Folklore Society. Frankie Armstrong is a singer and social worker who has spent many years bringing women's issues into the folk clubs as well as traditional songs by women to the women's movement. She is a member of a number of professional and educational associations associated with voice training. Sandra Kerr is co-writer of the music for the TV series, Bagpuss, and Senior Teacher in the School of Arts and Culture at Newcastle University. She directs two popular folk choirs: Wercasfolk and VoiceMale.

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Introduction Part I: Love, Courtship and Desire 1. I Long to Have a Man 2. The Unfortunate Lass 3. The Thing is My Own Part II: Marriage 4. Take Your Partners... 5. We've Been Together Now for Forty Years 6. Nothing Between Us Now Part III: Motherhood and Childhood 7. We Must Choose 8. When Suzy Was a Baby Part IV: Work - the Waged and the Unwaged 9. A Woman's Work... 10. The Boss's Darling? 11. Keep That Trouble Stirring Index of Song Titles Index of First Lines Select Bibliography Select Discography Sources and Acknowledgments

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