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020			_a9781324035305 _q(hardcover)
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035			_a(OCoLC)1398568234
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100	1		_aParédez, Deborah, _d1970- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAmerican diva : _bextraordinary, unruly, fabulous / _cDeborah Paredez.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bW.W. Norton & Company, _c[2024]
264		4	_c©2024
300			_ax, 239 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aVikki Carr's voice -- Diva definitions : Me and Ms. (Grace) Jones -- Diva style : Tía 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.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650		0	_aCelebrities in popular culture.
650		0	_aWomen entertainers _zUnited States.
650		0	_aEntertainers _zUnited States. _9180247
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