Tipping on a Tightrope

Divas in African American Literature

von Aisha Damali Lockridge

142 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

When Black runway models began throwing phones and VH1’s «Divas Live» riveted viewers, a new paradigm for Black women had fully evolved in the form of the Black Diva. Tracing the trajectory of the Diva figure from the Italian castrati to Ntozake Shange’s Liliane: Resurrection of the Daughter suggests a way around staid and fixed stereotypes about Black womanhood. The Black Diva performs her demands as a quintessential act of survival in a hostile and racist world; she is both a product of and a mark against the male gaze, Black and white. Ultimately, Tipping on a Tightrope: Divas in African American Literature uses present popular culture incarnations of the Diva to detail her long relationship with Black American literary culture.

• Reihe: African-American Literature and Culture
• Themen: Kunst Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Technik, Bühnentechnik
• ISBN: 9781433105753
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 04.04.2012
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York