Queen Bey : a celebration of the power and creativity of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter / edited by Veronica Chambers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chambers, Veronica, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beyoncé, 1981---Criticism and interpretation.

Beyoncé.

Beyoncé, 1981-.

African American women singers--Criticism and interpretation.

African American women singers.

African American women singers--Biography.

African American women singers--Public opinion.

African American feminists.

Rhythm and blues musicians.

African American women entertainers.

Public opinion.

Criticism and interpretation.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.

Local Subjects:

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Nonfiction.

Physical Description:

xiii, 224 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2019.

Summary:

Beyoncé. Her name conjures more than music, it has come to be synonymous with beauty, glamour, power, creativity, love, and romance. Her performances are legendary, her album releases events. She is not even forty but she has already rewritten the Beyoncé playbook more than half a dozen times. She is consistently provocative, political and surprising. As a solo artist, she has sold more than 100 million records. She has won 22 Grammys and is the most-nominated woman artist in the history of Grammy awards. Her 2018 performance at Coachella wowed the world. The New York Times wrote: "There's not likely to be a more meaningful, absorbing, forceful and radical performance by an American musician this year or any year soon." Artist, business woman, mother, daughter, sister, wife, black feminist, Queen Bey is endlessly fascinating. Queen Bey features a diverse range of voices, from star academics to outspoken cultural critics to Hollywood and music stars. -- Publisher description

Beyoncé. Her name has come to be synonymous with beauty, glamour, power, creativity, love, and romance. This tribute features essays that examine how she has steadily invested the power her freedom required, as she shapes a vision of womanhood that influences young people around the world. -- adapted from publisher info and introduction

Contents:

Introduction: What might a Black girl be in this world?

Beychella is proof that Beyoncé is the greatest performer alive. I'm not arguing / Luvvie Ajayi

On the journey together / Lena Waithe

Jay-Z's apology to Beyoncé isn't just celebrity gossip

it's a political act / Brittney Cooper

All her single ladies / Kid Fury

The elevator / Ylonda Gault

The art of being Beyoncé / Maria Brito

Grown women : a conversation about coming of age with an icon / Melissa Harris-Perry and Mankaprr Conteh

What Beyoncé means to everyone / Meredith Broussard, with visualizations by Andrew Harvard and Juan Carlos Mora

Beyoncé, influencer / Elodie Mailliet Storm

The King of Pop and the Queen of Everything / Michael Eric Dyson

Beyoncé the brave / Reshma Saujani

Living into the Lemonade : redefining Black women's spirituality in the age of Beyoncé / Candice Benbow

Beyoncé's radical ways / Carmen Perez

Finding La Reina in Queen Bey / Isabel González Whitaker

Style so sacred / Edward Enninful

The beauty of Beyoncé / Fatima Robinson

Because Beyoncé / Ebro Darden

King Bey / Treva B. Lindsey

Meridional : Beyoncé's southern roots and references / Robin M. Boylorn

B & V : a love letter / Caroline Clarke.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781250200525

1250200520

OCLC:

1061865331