Y’All! Listening to Divas

  • Harriet Reed (Organiser)
  • Rambarran, S. (Participant)
  • Kirsty Fairclough (Participant)
  • Benjamin Halligan (Participant)
  • Nicole Hodges Persley (Participant)

Activity: EventsEvent

Description

The editors and contributors to a new book, Diva: Feminism and Fierceness from Pop to Hip-Hop (Bloomsbury Academic), will explore the importance of the diva in the post-millennium cultural landscape. Speakers include Dr. Kirsty Fairclough (Professor of Screen Studies, School of Digital Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University), Dr. Benjamin Halligan (Director of the Doctoral College, University of Wolverhampton), Dr. Nicole Hodges Persley (Professor of American Studies, and African & African American Studies at the University of Kansas), Dr. Shara Rambarran (Senior Lecturer in Music, Business and Media Studies at the University of Brighton), and Harriet Reed (V&A Curator of Contemporary Performance).
Period13 Oct 2023
Event typeOther
LocationLondon, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • Music
  • Hip-Hop
  • Popular Music
  • Popular Culture
  • Diva
  • Feminism
  • Female
  • Gender
  • celebrity
  • sexuality
  • Race
  • Media
  • Digital Culture
  • Fashion
  • Art
  • Culture