Diva feminism and fierceness from pop to hip-hop / [edited by] Kirsty Fairclough, Benjamin Halligan, Nicole Hodges Persley and Shara Rambarran.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. |
| Description | ix, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Fairclough, Kirsty. |
| Other author/creator | Halligan, Benjamin. |
| Other author/creator | Hodges Persley, Nicole, 1969- |
| Other author/creator | Rambarran, 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023005459 |
| ISBN | 9781501368257 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781501369667 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (adobe pdf) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |