Tipping on a Tightrope

Divas in African American Literature

Aisha Damali Lockridge

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Peter Lang Publishing Inc
04 April 2012

Series: African-American Literature and Culture

"When Black runway models began throwing phones and VH1's Divas Live riveted viewers, a new paradigm for Black women had fully evolved in the form of the Black Diva. Tracing the trajectory of the Diva figure from the Italian castrati to Ntozake Shange's ""Liliane: Resurrection of the Daughter"" suggests a way around staid and fixed stereotypes about Black womanhood. The Black Diva performs her demands as a quintessential act of survival in a hostile and racist world; she is both a product of and a mark against the male gaze, Black and white. Ultimately, ""Tipping on a Tightrope: Divas in African American Literature"" uses present popular culture incarnations of the Diva to detail her long relationship with Black American literary culture."

By: Aisha Damali Lockridge
Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Volume: 19
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 155mm,
Weight: 350g
ISBN: 9781433105753
ISBN 10: 1433105756
Series: African-American Literature and Culture
Pages: 142
Publication Date: 04 April 2012
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Aisha Damali Lockridge is Assistant Professor of English and Director of the Black Studies Minor at Allegheny College. She earned her PhD from Stony Brook University where she was a W. Burghardt Turner Fellow. Her teaching interests include African American literature, Caribbean literature, and Diva Studies.