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American Diva By Paredez, Deborah HARDCOVER EDITION Excellent Shape
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- 9781324035305
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
1324035307
ISBN-13
9781324035305
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27062942169
Product Key Features
Book Title
American Diva : Extraordinary, Unruly, Fabulous
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Rich & Famous, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year
2024
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
15.4 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
With American Diva, [Paredez] has put together an insightful ode to the famous women...who have come to embody the often misconstrued term., American Diva is a marvel. The divas here all share a virtuosity that demands fierce labor and daring charisma. Divas use their voices and bodies to turn pain into pleasure and defeat into glory. One of Paredez's great themes is that a diva can empower her audience--us--to reach beyond our ordinary selves. Diva ambition is potent and generous. It challenges other artists and defies cultural pieties. Deborah Paredez is the American Diva reborn as scholar, poet, and critic., A poet's tribute to divas...A close, personal, well-informed examination of powerful women and their artistic work., "Paredez weaves historical accounts of these bold women into a thrilling cultural memoir....By the book's end, Paredez's thesis becomes entirely persuasive: The word "diva" is best used not for an opera virtuoso, but for any bold person whose work nourishes people who are too often starved of power.", Is it possible to breathe life into the slack mouth of a term that's been both overused and misunderstood nearly since it became common two hundred years ago? Deborah Paredez proves it is. As Paredez expands the diva definition, she presents a new vision of American culture that is, in true diva fashion, multifaceted and brazenly alive., In ten exquisitely crafted chapters, Deborah Paredez shows us how divas as diverse as her aunt Lucia, Rita Moreno, Aretha Franklin, and many others define our limitations and our aspirations as individuals, a nation, and a people--brown, Black, and queer. Too big, bold, beautiful, and messy to be confined within enclosures or by borders, they lead us somewhere outside, to the edge, through the abyss, to that transcendent space where we might experience something akin to freedom. Here is a book as ambitious, original, and beautiful as its subject., American Diva is a marvel. The divas here--Rita Moreno, Aretha Franklin, Celia Cruz, Grace Jones, Tina Turner, LaBelle, and Divine among them--cross continents, languages, races, ethnicities, and performance styles. All share a virtuosity that demands fierce labor and daring charisma. Divas use their voices and bodies to turn pain into pleasure and defeat into glory. One of Paredez's great themes is that a diva can empower her audience--us--to reach beyond our ordinary selves. Diva ambition is potent and generous. It challenges other artists and defies cultural pieties., Equal parts memoir, cultural criticism, and music history, Deborah Paredez's eloquent and thought-provoking exploration of divadom radiates with the passion, color, and magnetism of the divas she adores.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
920.720973
Synopsis
A Time Must-Read Book of 2024 An impassioned homage to the divas who shake up our world and transform it with their bold, dazzling artistry., 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 criticism 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. American Diva journeys into Tina Turner's scintillating performances, Celia Cruz's command of the male-dominated salsa world, the transcendent revival of Jomama Jones after a period of exile, and the unparalleled excellence of Venus and Serena Williams. Recounting how she and her mother endlessly watched Rita Moreno's powerhouse portrayal of Anita in West Side Story and how she learned much about being bigger than life from her fabulous Tía Lucia, Paredez chronicles the celebrated and skilled performers who not only shaped her life but boldly expressed the aspiration for freedom among brown, Black, and gay communities. Paredez also traces the evolution of the diva through the decades, dismayed at the mid-aughts' commodification and juvenilizing of its meaning but finding its lasting beauty and power. Filled with sharp insights and great heart, American Diva is a spirited tribute to the power of performance and the joys of fandom., 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 criticism 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. American Diva journeys into Tina Turner's scintillating performances, Celia Cruz's command of the male-dominated salsa world, the transcendent revival of Jomama Jones after a period of exile, and the unparalleled excellence of Venus and Serena Williams. Recounting how she and her mother endlessly watched Rita Moreno's powerhouse portrayal of Anita in West Side Story and how she learned much about being bigger than life from her fabulous Tía Lucia, Paredez chronicles the celebrated and skilled performers who not only shaped her life but boldly expressed the aspiration for freedom among brown, Black, and gay communities. Paredez also traces the evolution of the diva through the decades, dismayed at the mid-aughts' commodification and juvenilizing of its meaning but finding its lasting beauty and power. Filled with sharp insights and great heart, American Diva is a spirited tribute to the power of performance and the joys of fandom.
LC Classification Number
CT3260.P3 2024
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