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Title:

Rihanna : Barbados world-gurl in global popular culture / edited by Hilary McD. Beckles and Heather D. Russell.

Publisher:

University of the West Indies Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

x, 211 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Rihanna,--1988-
Popular music--History and criticism.
Music--Social aspects.
Singers--Caribbean Area.
Singers--United States.

Other Authors:

Beckles, Hillary, editor.
Russell, Heather, 1970- editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2009015336

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Introduction : "Baadest-Bajan, wickedest world-gurl" / Hillary McD. Beckles and Heather D. Russell - - Westbury writes back : Rihanna reclaimed / Hilary McD. Beckles - - Rihanna as global icon and Caribbean threshold figure / Don D. Marshall - - International identity : Rihanna and the Barbados music industry / Mike Alleyne - - "What's my name?" reading Rihanna's autobiographical acts / Esther L. Jones - - She dances on the holodeck / Curwen Best - - From "F Love" to He's the One"? Rihanna, Chris Brown and the danger of traumatic bonding / Donna Aza Weir-Soley - - Rihanna and Bajan respectability / Aaron Kamugisha - - Rihanna : Diaspora citizen, Bajan daughter, global superstar / Heather D. Russell.

ISBN:

9766405026
9789766405021

OCLC:

(OCoLC)907426161

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)