| Description |
viii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Feminists Debate Beyoncé / Janell Hobson -- Beyoncé as Intersectional Icon? Interrogating the Politics of Respectability / Marla H. Kohlman -- Beyoncé as Aggressive Black Femme and Informed Black Female Subject / Anne M. Mitchell -- Policing Beyoncé's Body: "Whose Body Is This Anyway?" / Noel Siqi Duan -- I'm Not Myself Lately: The Erosion of the Beyoncé Brand / Kristin Lieb -- The Visual Album: Beyoncé, Feminism and Digital Spaces / Jamila A. Cupid and Nicole Files-Thompson -- Beyoncé and Social Media: Authenticity and the Presentation of Self / Melissa Avdeeff -- Flawless Feminist or Fallible Freak? An Analysis of Feminism, Empowerment and Gender in Beyoncé's Lyrics / Tia C.M. Tyree and Melvin L. Williams -- Birthing Baby Blue: Beyoncé and the Changing Face of Celebrity Birth Culture / Natalie Jolly -- Beyoncé and Blue: Black Motherhood and the Binds of Racialized Sexism / Sonita R. Moss -- BDSM, Gazes and Wedding Rings: The Centering of Black Female Pleasure and Agency in Beyoncé / Evette Dionne Brown -- Creole Queen: Beyoncé and Performing Plaçage in the New Millennium / Kimberly J. Chandler -- Sex(uality), Marriage, Motherhood and "Bey Feminism" / Elizabeth Whittington Cooper |
| Summary |
"This collection of new essays presents a detailed study of the music and persona of Beyoncé--arguably the world's biggest pop star. Topics include: the body politics of respectability; feminism, empowerment and gender in Beyoncé's lyrics; black female pleasure; and the changing face of celebrity motherhood"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Beyoncé, 1981- -- Criticism and interpretation
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Sex in music
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Feminism and music
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Music and race
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Author |
Trier-Bieniek, Adrienne M., editor
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| LC no. |
2016022666 |
| ISBN |
9780786499748 (softcover ; alk. paper) |
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0786499745 (softcover ; alk. paper) |
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