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01992aam a2200289 i 4500 001 CFDFFB50223711EFB457909958ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240604010036 008 230923t20242024nyua e b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1324035307 020 $a 9781324035305 035 $a (OCoLC)1398568234 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d NJM $d OCO $d GZD $d OJ4 $d IEB $d JAS $d IMD $d LE# $d SILO 041 0 $a eng 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Par�edez, Deborah, $d 1970- $e author. 245 10 $a American diva : $b extraordinary, unruly, fabulous / $c Deborah Paredez. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b W. W. Norton & Company, $c [2024] 300 $a x, 239 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Vikki Carr's voice -- Diva definitions : Me and Ms. (Grace) Jones -- Diva style : T�ia Lucia, Prima Prima Donna -- Diva movidas : Rita and Anita -- Diva comeback : Tina and the river -- Diva monstrosity : Divine and Jaime -- Diva feminism : Aretha and the rest -- Diva relations : Celia and La India -- Diva girls : Venus and Serena -- Diva revivals : Me and Ms. (Jomama) Jones -- Diva portals : Nona and Patti and Sarah and all the space children -- Lucia's last act. 520 $a "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"--Dust jacket. 941 $a 2 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20240604014515.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20240604012634.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CFDFFB50223711EFB457909958ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search