Why Sinead Oconnor Matters

Author : Allyson McCabe
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477331077
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Sinéad O'Connor Matters written by Allyson McCabe and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stirring defense of Sinéad O’Connor’s music and activism, and an indictment of the culture that cancelled her. In 1990, Sinéad O’Connor’s video for “Nothing Compares 2 U” turned her into a superstar. Two years later, an appearance on Saturday Night Live turned her into a scandal. For many people—including, for years, the author—what they knew of O’Connor stopped there. Allyson McCabe believes it’s time to reassess our old judgments about Sinéad O’Connor and to expose the machinery that built her up and knocked her down. Addressing triumph and struggle, sound and story, Why Sinéad O’Connor Matters argues that its subject has been repeatedly manipulated and misunderstood by a culture that is often hostile to women who speak their minds (in O’Connor’s case, by shaving her head, championing rappers, and tearing up a picture of the pope on live television). McCabe details O’Connor’s childhood abuse, her initial success, and the backlash against her radical politics without shying away from the difficult issues her career raises. She compares O’Connor to Madonna, another superstar who challenged the Catholic Church, and Prince, who wrote her biggest hit and allegedly assaulted her. A journalist herself, McCabe exposes how the media distorts not only how we see O’Connor but how we see ourselves, and she weighs the risks of telling a story that hits close to home. In an era when popular understanding of mental health has improved and the public eagerly celebrates feminist struggles of the past, it can be easy to forget how O’Connor suffered for being herself. This is the book her admirers and defenders have been waiting for.

Author : Allyson McCabe
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477330739
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Sinéad O'Connor Matters written by Allyson McCabe and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stirring defense of Sinéad O’Connor’s music and activism, and an indictment of the culture that cancelled her. In 1990, Sinéad O’Connor’s video for “Nothing Compares 2 U” turned her into a superstar. Two years later, an appearance on Saturday Night Live turned her into a scandal. For many people—including, for years, the author—what they knew of O’Connor stopped there. Allyson McCabe believes it’s time to reassess our old judgments about Sinéad O’Connor and to expose the machinery that built her up and knocked her down. Addressing triumph and struggle, sound and story, Why Sinéad O’Connor Matters argues that its subject has been repeatedly manipulated and misunderstood by a culture that is often hostile to women who speak their minds (in O’Connor’s case, by shaving her head, championing rappers, and tearing up a picture of the pope on live television). McCabe details O’Connor’s childhood abuse, her initial success, and the backlash against her radical politics without shying away from the difficult issues her career raises. She compares O’Connor to Madonna, another superstar who challenged the Catholic Church, and Prince, who wrote her biggest hit and allegedly assaulted her. A journalist herself, McCabe exposes how the media distorts not only how we see O’Connor but how we see ourselves, and she weighs the risks of telling a story that hits close to home. In an era when popular understanding of mental health has improved and the public eagerly celebrates feminist struggles of the past, it can be easy to forget how O’Connor suffered for being herself. This is the book her admirers and defenders have been waiting for.

Author : Andrew Chan
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477325085
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Mariah Carey Matters written by Andrew Chan and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to critically examine the legacy of pop superstar Mariah Carey. When it comes to Mariah Carey, star power is never in doubt. She has sold hundreds of millions of albums and cut more chart-topping hits than any other solo artist—ever. And she has that extraordinary five-octave vocal range. But there is more to her legacy than eye-popping numbers. Why Mariah Carey Matters examines the creative evolution and complicated biography of a true diva, making the case that, despite her celebrity, Carey’s musicianship and influence are insufficiently appreciated. A pioneering songwriter and producer, Carey pairs her vocal gifts with intimate lyrics and richly layered sonic details. In the mid-1990s, she perfected a blend of pop, hip-hop, and R&B with songs such as “Fantasy” and “Honey” and drew from her turbulent life to create the introspective masterpiece Butterfly. Andrew Chan looks beyond Carey’s glamorous persona to explore her experience as a mixed-race woman in show business, her adventurous forays into house music and gospel, and her appeal to multiple generations of queer audiences. He also reckons with the transcendent ideal of the voice that Carey represents, showing how this international icon taught artists around the world to sing with soul-shaking intensity and a spirit of innovation.

Author : Lynnée Denise
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477327959
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters written by Lynnée Denise and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A queer, Black “biography in essays” about the performer who gave us “Hound Dog,” “Ball and Chain,” and other songs that changed the course of American music. Born in Alabama in 1926, raised in the church, appropriated by white performers, buried in an indigent’s grave—Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton's life events epitomize the blues—but Lynnée Denise pushes past the stereotypes to read Thornton’s life through a Black, queer, feminist lens and reveal an artist who was an innovator across her four-decade-long career. Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters “samples” elements of Thornton’s art—and, occasionally, the author’s own story—to create “a biography in essays” that explores the life of its subject as a DJ might dig through a crate of records. Denise connects Thornton’s vaudevillesque performances in Sammy Green’s Hot Harlem Revue to the vocal improvisations that made “Hound Dog” a hit for Peacock Records (and later for Elvis Presley), injecting music criticism into what’s often framed as a cautionary tale of record-industry racism. She interprets Thornton’s performing in men’s suits as both a sly, Little Richard–like queering of the Chitlin Circuit and a simple preference for pants over dresses that didn’t have a pocket for her harmonica. Most radical of all, she refers to her subject by her given name rather than "Big Mama," a nickname bestowed upon her by a white man. It's a deliberate and crucial act of reclamation, because in the name of Willie Mae Thornton is the sound of Black musical resilience.

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ISBN 13 : 9780007271061
Total Pages : 728 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Halliwell's The Movies that Matter written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Long established as the first and last word in movie-going information, Halliwell's is the film industry's favourite guide." "In this major new edition, David Gritten, former chairman of the London Film Critics' Circle, brings Halliwell's into the 21st century. Here are the movies that have created a benchmark and stand out through more than seven decades of film making."--Back cover.

Author : Don Rittner
Publisher : Brady Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Whole Earth Online Almanac written by Don Rittner and published by Brady Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference source to thousands of electronic forums, libraries, and databases worldwide that users can access inexpensively through online services. Features include: resources for 11 of the most popular online services; resource listings categorized by more than 60 discipline areas; appendices with guides to Internet library and Education Network; and more.

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Publisher : Carlton Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9781844425013
Total Pages : 1028 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Downloader's Music Source Book written by and published by Carlton Publishing Group. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You know what you like...but can you remember? We have the technology to create our own greatest hits collections, but we all like to browse before we buy, and The Downloader's Source Book is the biggest shop window of them all. With four decades of Top 40 hits, spanning two continents, listed A-Z by artist and then song title, this book is the essential companion for anybody in the digital music marketplace. Comprehensive and easy to use, the fast multiplying ipod generation can only make the most of their new technology with The Downloader's Source Book at their side.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 968 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Author : David Guterson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
ISBN 13 : 9780151930975
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family Matters written by David Guterson and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P. This book was released on 1992 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While David Guterson teaches his neighbors' kids in his high school classroom, he teaches his own at home. With one foot in each world, he examines life at school and the inexhaustible opportunities offered by learning outside of it--offering concrete proposals for cooperation between families and schools and addressing the fundamentals of education.

Author : Briton Hadden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time written by Briton Hadden and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: