The Beyonce Effect: Essays on Sexuality, Race and Feminism

Synopsis

This Collection Of New Essays Presents A Detailed Study Of The Music And Persona Of Beyoncé--arguably The World's Biggest Pop Star. Topics Include: The Body Politics Of Respectability; Feminism, Empowerment And Gender In Beyoncé's Lyrics; Black Female Pleasure; And The Changing Face Of Celebrity Motherhood-- Feminists Debate Debate Beyoncé / Janell Hobson -- Beyoncé As Intersectional Icon? Interrogating The Politics Of Respectability / Marla H. Kohlman -- Beyoncé As Aggressive Black Femme And Informed Black Female Subject / Anne M. Mitchell -- Policing Beyoncé's Body: Whose Body Is This Anyway? / Noel Siqi Duan -- I'm Not Myself Lately: The Erosion Of The Beyoncé Brand / Kristin Lieb -- The Visual Album: Beyoncé, Feminism And Digital Spaces / Jamila A. Cupid And Nicole Files-thompson -- Beyoncé And Social Media: Authenticity And The Presentation Of Self / Melissa Avdeeff -- Flawless Feminist Or Fallible Freak? An Analysis Of Feminism, Empowerment And Gender In Beyoncé's Lyrics / Tia C.m. Tyree And Melvin L. Williams -- Birthing Baby Blue: Beyoncé And The Changing Face Of Celebrity Birth Culture / Natalie Jolly -- Beyoncé And Blue: Black Motherhood And The Binds Of Racialized Sexism / Sonita R. Moss -- Bdsm, Gazes And Wedding Rings: The Centering Of Black Female Pleasure And Agency In Beyoncé / Evette Dionne Brown -- Creole Queen: Beyoncé And Performing Plaçage In The New Millennium / Kimberly J. Chandler -- Sex(uality), Marriage, Motherhood And Bey Feminism / Elizabeth Whittington Cooper. Edited By Adrienne Trier-bieniek. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.