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dominant ideologies of black women's performances of gender and sexuality. Page's delivery and cadence was based in black folklore traditions, working-class vocabulary, speech patterns and black church sermons. The black church, argues scholar J. Finley, at times uplifted women's voices less than men's, so Page "dealt with women's silence in the church by transforming the sermon into a radical secular form via BWCL and blues idioms." Page infused jokes like "Whores in Church” from
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with lilting and rhythmic gospel vocals that, when coupled with her salacious humor, played with divisions between the sacred, secular, and lewd. Page employed slight impressions to distinguish the characters in her stories, but primarily relayed her tales as an
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Friendly Inn Settlement in Cleveland, a community center run by the
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who "isn’t afraid of heathen Fred. She browbeats him at every turn in the tradition of God-fearing sisters who have seen the light and seek to quench the devil in a fun-loving man."
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