Diva feminism and fierceness from pop to hip-hop / [edited by] Kirsty Fairclough, Benjamin Halligan, Nicole Hodges Persley and Shara Rambarran.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
Descriptionix, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Other author/creatorFairclough, Kirsty.
Other author/creatorHalligan, Benjamin.
Other author/creatorHodges Persley, Nicole, 1969-
Other author/creatorRambarran, Shara.
Contents Introduction. 'Y'All! The Diva and Us' / Kirsty Fairclough, Benjamin Halligan, Nicole Hodges Persley, Shara Rambarran -- Section One. The Rise to Power. "Proceed with Caution" : Mariah Carey - the Ultimate Diva in Popular Music and Culture? / Shara Rambarran ; Performing Creative Labour : Whitney Houston Metanarratives on MTV, 1985-1988 / Gwynne George ; A Girl of Many Colours : Dolly Parton's Image Evolution, 1967-2022 / James Reeves ; A Fondness for Shock: The Celebrated Outburst of Grace Jones / Mark Duffett -- Section Two. The Diva and Our Times. Aaliyah's Voice and After / Benjamin Halligan ; "Suck On My Balls, Bitch!" : #MeToo and Beyoncé - A Paradigm Shift / Hannah Strong ; Amuro Namie : Japan's Diva in the Postmodern Era? / Dorothy Finan ; Reconstructing the American Dream : Janelle Monáe's Afrofuturist Performances / Timmia Hearn DeRoy ; "WAP" : Erotic Revolutionary Hip-Hop by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion / Shawna Shipley-Gates ; Putting the Divas Back in Their Place : Controversy and Backlash at the 2020 Super Bowl Halftime Show / Gina Sandí Díaz ; Simultaneously Black : Drake and Nicki Minaj and the Performance of Hip-Hip Cosmopolitanisms / Nicole Hodges Persley -- Section Three. Diva Cultures. Curating the Diva / Harriet Reed ; A Diva on the Iranian Stage : Ali Akbar Alizad's Remix of Jean Genet's The Maids / Rana Esfandiary ; Recasting Diva Culture: Performative Strategies of Fourth Wave Black Feminist Stand-Up Comedy / Rachel E. Blackburn ; Independent Women : The Impact of Pop Divas on Stand-Up Comedy / Ellie Tomsett and Nathalie Weidhase.
Abstract "The first academic engagement with "divas," including a discussion of their roots, evolutions, functions, and appropriations. Channelling the ideas and strategies of feminism, empowerment, intersectionality, identity politics, and more to create this key popular culture figure"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2023005459
ISBN9781501368257 (hardback)
ISBN9781501369667 (paperback)
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