The Drum Is a Wild Woman Ann Jenkins Hansen African American history

African American history

and developing resources for graduate psychology students

Warren Reich

the political power wielded by these female leaders in the city at large

tells the complex story of the big cats' lives in the northern Great Plains

The Drum Is a Wild Woman Ann Jenkins Hansen African American historyIn 1957, Duke Ellington released the influential album A Drum Is a Woman. This musical allegory revealed the implicit truth about the role of women in jazz discourse jilted by the musician and replaced by the drum. Further, the album's cover displays an image of a woman sitting atop a drum, depicting the way in which the drum literally obscures the female body, turning the subject into an object. This objectification of women leads to a critical