Daphne Brooks excavates the intellectual vibrance and aesthetic experimentation of Black women’s musicking in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Daphne Brooks is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of African American Studies, American Studies, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Music at Yale University. She is the author of three books: Jeff Buckley’s Grace, from the 33 1/3 series; Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910, and Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound.
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