{"product_id":"diva-feminism-and-fierceness-from-pop-to-hip-hop-9781501368257","title":"Diva: Feminism and Fierceness from Pop to Hip-Hop","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe diva - a central figure in the landscape of contemporary popular culture: gossip-generating, scandal-courting, paparazzi-stalked. And yet the diva is at the epicentre of creative endeavours that resonate with contemporary feminist ideas, kick back against diminished social expectations, boldly call-out casual sexism and industry misogyny and, in terms of hip-hop, explores intersectional oppressions and unapologetically celebrates non-white cultural heritages. Diva beats and grooves echo across culture and politics in the West: from the borough to the White House, from arena concerts to nightclubs, from social media to social activism, from #MeToo to Black Lives Matter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiva: Feminism and Fierceness from Pop to Hip-Hop \u003c\/i\u003eaddresses the diva phenomenon and its origins: its identity politics and LGBTQ+ components; its creativity and interventions in areas of popular culture (music, and beyond); its saints and sinners and controversies old and new; and its oppositions to, and recuperations by, the establishment; and its shifts from third to fourth waves of feminism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis co-edited collection brings together an international array of writers - from new voices to established names. The collection scopes the rise to power of the diva (looking to Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Dolly Parton, Grace Jones, and Aaliyah), then turns to contemporary diva figures and their work (with Beyoncé, Amuro Namie, Janelle Monáe, Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, and Nicki Minaj), and concludes by considering the presence of the diva in wider cultures, in terms of gallery curation, theatre productions, and stand-up comedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirsty Fairclough\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange and Reader in Screen Studies at the School of Digital Arts (SODA) at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Music Documentary \u003c\/i\u003e(2013), \u003ci\u003eThe Arena Concert \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2015), \u003ci\u003eThe Legacy of Mad Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMusic\/Video \u003c\/i\u003e(2019), \u003ci\u003ePrince and Popular Culture \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2020) and author of the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eBeyonc? Celebrity Feminism and Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the Chair of Manchester Jazz Festival. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin Halligan\u003c\/b\u003e is the Director of the Doctoral College of the University of Wolverhampton, UK. His publications include \u003ci\u003eMichael\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eReeves \u003c\/i\u003e(2003), \u003ci\u003eDesires for Reality: Radicalism and Revolution in Western European Film\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), and \u003ci\u003eHotbeds of Licentiousness: The British Glamour Film and the Permissive Society \u003c\/i\u003e(2022). He has co-edited: \u003ci\u003eMark E. Smith and The Fall \u003c\/i\u003e(2010); \u003ci\u003eReverberations \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2012); \u003ci\u003eResonances \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2013); \u003ci\u003eThe Music Documentary \u003c\/i\u003e(2013); \u003ci\u003eThe Arena Concert \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2016); \u003ci\u003eStories We Could Tell\u003c\/i\u003e (2019); \u003ci\u003ePolitics of the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMany \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2021) and \u003ci\u003eAdult Themes \u003c\/i\u003e(forthcoming). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicole Hodges Persley\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of American, and African American Studies, at the University of Kansas, USA. Her books include \u003ci\u003eSampling and Remixing Blackness in Hip-Hop Theater and\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePerformance \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Black Matters: Lewis Morrow Plays\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) and, as co-editor, \u003ci\u003eBreaking it Down: Audition Techniques for Actors of the Global Majority \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHip-Hop in Musical Theater \u003c\/i\u003e(2021). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShara Rambarran\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton, UK. She is a musicologist for the award-winning Spotify music podcast, \u003ci\u003eDecode\u003c\/i\u003e, co-runs the Art of Record Production conferences, and is an editor for the \u003ci\u003eJournal on the Art of Record Production\u003c\/i\u003e. 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