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American diva : extraordinary, unruly, fabulous
"What does it mean to be a 'diva'? A shifting, increasingly loaded term, it has been used to both deride and celebrate charismatic and unapologetically fierce performers like Aretha Franklin, Divine, and the women of Labelle. In this brilliant, powerful blend of incisive cirticism and electric memoir, Deborah Paredez--scholar, cultural critic, and lifelong diva devotee--unravels our enduring fascination with these icons and explores how divas have challenged American ideas about feminism, performance, and freedom"--Dust jacket.
Vikki Carr's voice
Diva definitions : Me and Ms. (Grace) Jones
Diva style : Tía Lucia, Prima Prima Donna
Diva movidas : Rita and Anita
Diva comeback : Tina and the river
Diva monstrosity : Divine and Jaime
Diva feminism : Aretha and the rest
Diva relations : Celia and La India
Diva girls : Venus and Serena
Diva revivals : Me and Ms. (Jomama) Jones
Diva portals : Nona and Patti and Sarah and all the space children
Lucia's last act.
Diva definitions : Me and Ms. (Grace) Jones
Diva style : Tía Lucia, Prima Prima Donna
Diva movidas : Rita and Anita
Diva comeback : Tina and the river
Diva monstrosity : Divine and Jaime
Diva feminism : Aretha and the rest
Diva relations : Celia and La India
Diva girls : Venus and Serena
Diva revivals : Me and Ms. (Jomama) Jones
Diva portals : Nona and Patti and Sarah and all the space children
Lucia's last act.
Item details
- ISBN: 1324035307
- ISBN: 9781324035305
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Physical Description:
x, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Contents / Notes
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Vikki Carr's voice Diva definitions : Me and Ms. (Grace) Jones Diva style : Tía Lucia, Prima Prima Donna Diva movidas : Rita and Anita Diva comeback : Tina and the river Diva monstrosity : Divine and Jaime Diva feminism : Aretha and the rest Diva relations : Celia and La India Diva girls : Venus and Serena Diva revivals : Me and Ms. (Jomama) Jones Diva portals : Nona and Patti and Sarah and all the space children Lucia's last act. |
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