Beyonce in the World (eBook)

Making Meaning with Queen Bey in Troubled Times

Christina Baade, Kristin A. McGee (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
Wesleyan University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8195-7993-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This scholarly essay collection investigates the global impact of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. It focuses on the artistic, political, and cultural interventions of Beyoncé's creative output, from Destiny's Child to Lemonade and Homecoming. Sixteen international scholars explore Beyonce's artistry and reception from the perspectives of critical race studies, gender and women's studies, queer and cultural studies, music, and fan studies.

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Honorable Mention for Outstanding Edited Collection of Essays in Ethnomusicology for the 2023 Ellen Koskoff Edited Volume Prize by the Society for Ethnomusicology, 2023From Destiny's Child to Lemonade, Homecoming, and The Gift, Beyonce Knowles-Carter has redefined global stardom, feminism, Black representation, and celebrity activism. This book brings together new work from sixteen international scholars to explore Beyonce's impact as an artist and public figure from the perspectives of critical race studies, gender and women's studies, queer and cultural studies, music, and fan studies. The authors explore Beyonce's musical persona as one that builds upon the lineages of Black female cool, Black southern culture, and Black feminist cultural production. They explore Beyonce's reception within and beyond North America, including how a range of performers from YouTube gospel singers to Brazilian pop artists have drawn inspiration from her performances and image. The authors show how Beyonce's music is a source of healing and kinship for many fans, particularly Black women and queer communities of color. Combining cutting edge research, vivid examples, and accessible writing, this collection provides multiple lenses onto the significance of Beyonce in the United States and around the world.

Autor

CHRISTINA BAADE (Ontario, CA) is professor and chair in the Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia at McMaster University and author of Victory through Harmony: the BBC and Popular Music in World War II. KRISTIN MCGEE (Groningen, ND) is associate professor of popular music at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and the author of Some Liked it Hot: Jazz Women in Film and Television, 1928–1959.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments • Contributor Biographies • Preface, Janell Hobson • Introduction, "Beyoncé Studies," Christina Baade, Marquita Smith, Kristin McGee • I. "Diva": Black Feminist Genealogies • Chapter 1. "'I Came to Slay': The Knowles Sisters, Black Feminism, and the Lineage of Black Female Cool," H. Zahra Caldwell • Chapter 2. "From Colorism to Conjurings: Tracing the Dust in Beyoncé's Lemonade," Cienna Davis • II. "Formation": A Southern Turn • Chapter 3. "Beyoncé's South and a 'Formation' Nation," Riché Richardson • Chapter 4. "Merging Past and Present in Lemonade's Black Feminist Utopia," J. Brendan Shaw • III. "XO": Faith and Fandom • Chapter 5. "At the Digital Cross(roads) with Beyoncé: Gospel Covers that Remix the Risqué into the Religious," Birgitta Johnson • Chapter 6. "'She made me understand': How Lemonade Raised the Intersectional Consciousness of Beyoncé's International Fans," Rebecca J. Sheehan • IV. "World Wide Woman": Beyoncé's Reception Beyond the United States • Chapter 7. "The 'Performative Negotiations' of Beyoncé in Brazilian Bodies and the Construction of the "Pop Diva" in Ludmilla's Funk Carioca and Gaby Amarantos's Tecnobrega," Simone Pereira de Sá and Thiago Soares • Chapter 8. "A Critical Analysis of 'White Ignorance' within Beyoncé's Online Reception in the Spanish Context," Elena Herrera Quintana • V. "Hold Up": Performing Femme Affinity and Dissent • Chapter 9. "Six-inch Heels and Queer Black Femmes: Beyoncé and Black Trans Women," Jared Mackley-Crump and Kirsten Zemke • Chapter 10. "From 'Say My Name' to 'Texas Bamma': Transgressive Topoi, Oppositional Optics, and Sonic Subversion in Beyoncé's 'Formation,'" Byron Craig and Stephen Rahko • VI. "Freedom": Sounding Protest, Hearing Politics • Chapter 11. "The Deformed Musical Forms of Beyoncé's Celebrity Activism," Annelot Prins and Taylor Myers •Chapter 12. "Beyoncé's Black Feminist Critique: Multimodal Intertextuality and Intersectionality in 'Sorry' (Lemonade 2016)," Rebekah Hutten and Lori Burns • VII. "Pray You Catch Me": Healing and Community • Chapter 13. "Beyond 'Becky with the Good Hair': Hair and Beauty in Beyoncé's 'Sorry,'" Kristin Denise Rowe • Chapter 14. "The Livable, Surviving, and Healing Poetics of Lemonade: A Black Feminist Futurity in Action," Mary Senyonga

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.6.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Music / Culture
• Reihe/Serie: Music / Culture
• Verlagsort: Middletown
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
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• ISBN-10: 0-8195-7993-9 / 0819579939
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8195-7993-5 / 9780819579935