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Uncovering Stand-Up Comedy’s Feminist Media History
Feb 22 2025
Hattie Noel was a trailblazer of the stand-up comedy form. While the visual archive shows her constrained in the controlling images of Disney’s hippo and Hollywood’s maid, her comedy albums tell a different story of Black representation.
Reflecting on My Thirty Years of Research on Black Music
Nov 07 2022
By Guthrie Ramsey, author of Who Hears Here? On Black Music Pasts and PresentWho Hears Here? is part of the UC Press Phono: Black Music and the Global Imagination seriesI wrote the essays in my new book Who Hears Here? On Black Music Pasts and Present over twenty-five years. These writings s
Celebrating Black Music Month
Jun 12 2020
UC Press is proud to celebrate Black Music Month by spotlighting a range of titles that explore the richness and expanse of Black music in America and beyond. The following books feature a multitude of genres and artists, beginning with Amiri Baraka's seminal Digging, and including a women-centered