Plak \u015firketlerinin blues m\u00fczi\u011fi ke\u015ffetti\u011fi 1920\u2019li y\u0131llarda yap\u0131lan ilk kay\u0131tlar\u0131n hemen hepsi kad\u0131nlar taraf\u0131ndan yap\u0131ld\u0131. Bu m\u00fczi\u011fi pop\u00fcler hale getirenler kad\u0131nlard\u0131. D\u00f6nemin en \u00f6nemli isimlerinden Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Clara Smith, Alberta Hunter ve Ethel Waters; k\u0131rsal alanda ya\u015fayan siyahlar\u0131n zorlu ya\u015fam ko\u015fullar\u0131na, ayn\u0131 anda hem beyazlar\u0131n hem de erkeklerin egemenli\u011fi alt\u0131nda olan siyah kad\u0131nlar\u0131n ac\u0131lar\u0131na, yasaklarla ve k\u0131s\u0131tlamalarla dolu bir d\u00f6nemde ya\u015fanan \u201c\u00e7\u0131lg\u0131n\u201d hayatlara dair; k\u0131sacas\u0131 siyah topluma t\u00fcm\u00fcyle ayna tutan \u015fark\u0131lar yazd\u0131lar. H\u00fczn\u00fc payla\u015ft\u0131lar, umut ve g\u00fc\u00e7 verdiler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Erken d\u00f6nem blues, \u00e7o\u011funlukla kad\u0131nlar\u0131n kad\u0131nlara verdi\u011fi \u00f6\u011f\u00fctlerden, evlerini terk eden, \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmayan, e\u015flerini s\u00fcrekli aldatan ve \u015fiddet uygulayan erkeklerin sebep oldu\u011fu h\u00fcz\u00fcnden, i\u00e7 s\u0131k\u0131nt\u0131s\u0131ndan ve uzaklara ka\u00e7maktan, i\u00e7kinin yasak oldu\u011fu y\u0131llarda i\u00e7ki i\u00e7menin g\u00fczelli\u011finden ama en \u00e7ok h\u00fcz\u00fcnle i\u00e7mekten, paras\u0131zl\u0131ktan ve a\u015fk insan\u0131 ne hale getiriyorsa ondan bahsediyordu. Ve bir de \u00f6zellikle cinsellikten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bu \u015fark\u0131lar\u0131 yazan ya da yorumlayan kad\u0131nlar, konserlerinde co\u015fkulu kalabal\u0131klar taraf\u0131ndan kar\u015f\u0131lan\u0131yor ve \u015fark\u0131lar\u0131 \u201cY\u00fcr\u00fc be k\u0131z\u0131m, bizim i\u00e7in s\u00f6yle, anlat ne \u00e7ekti\u011fimizi!\u201d nidalar\u0131yla b\u00f6l\u00fcn\u00fcyordu. Bazen kitlesel hipnotizmaya sebep olabiliyorlard\u0131. \u201cOnlar \u015fark\u0131 s\u00f6ylerken bir i\u011fnenin yere d\u00fc\u015f\u00fc\u015f\u00fc duyulabilir.\u201d deniyordu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
G\u00f6z kama\u015ft\u0131r\u0131c\u0131 k\u0131yafetler ve par\u0131lt\u0131l\u0131 m\u00fccevherler i\u00e7indeki siyah blues y\u0131ld\u0131zlar\u0131 \u0131rksal kahramanlara, ba\u015far\u0131 ve cazibe sembollerine d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015fm\u00fc\u015ft\u00fc; \u00e7\u00fcnk\u00fc bu e\u015fyalar ancak zenginlerin\/beyazlar\u0131n kullanabildi\u011fi e\u015fyalard\u0131. Alt\u0131n di\u015fleri ve alt\u0131n paralardan olu\u015fan kolyesiyle \u201cBlues\u2019un Anas\u0131\u201d Ma Rainey, \u015fov d\u00fcnyas\u0131n\u0131n en \u00e7irkin kad\u0131n\u0131 unvan\u0131n\u0131 alsa da sahneye \u00e7\u0131kt\u0131\u011f\u0131nda o g\u00fc\u00e7l\u00fc sesi ve ihti\u015faml\u0131 duru\u015fu ile k\u0131rsal kesimin m\u00fczi\u011fini pop\u00fcler d\u00fcnyaya ta\u015f\u0131d\u0131\u011f\u0131 i\u00e7in g\u00f6n\u00fcllerde taht kuruyordu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBlues\u2019un \u0130mparatori\u00e7esi\u201d Bessie Smith yoksullar ve evsizlerle \u00f6zde\u015fle\u015fmi\u015f, y\u0131k\u0131m ve bask\u0131ya kar\u015f\u0131 diren\u00e7 sembol\u00fc olmu\u015ftu. Poor Man\u2019s Blues (Fakir Adam\u0131n Blues\u2019u<\/em>) \u015fark\u0131s\u0131nda:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bay zengin, kalbini ve akl\u0131n\u0131 a\u00e7<\/em>
Sen kona\u011f\u0131nda ya\u015farken zor d\u00f6nemlerin ne demek oldu\u011funu bilmezsin<\/em>
Yoksul i\u015f\u00e7inin kar\u0131s\u0131 a\u00e7l\u0131k \u00e7ekiyor, senin kar\u0131n krali\u00e7e gibi ya\u015f\u0131yor<\/em>
\u015eimdi sava\u015f bitti, yoksul adam da senin gibi ya\u015famal\u0131<\/em>
E\u011fer yoksullar olmasayd\u0131 bay zengin, sen ne yapard\u0131n?<\/em>
diyordu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n