Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

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

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Details

Additional Authors

Chambers, Veronica

Description

xiii, 224 pages : color illustrations; 22 cm

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

Subjects

• Beyoncé, 1981-
• Rhythm and blues musicians
• Beyoncé, 1981- > Criticism and interpretation
• African American women entertainers
• African American women singers > Public opinion
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• African American feminists
• African American women singers > Criticism and interpretation
• African American women singers > Biography

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction : What might a Black girl be in this world? / Veronica Chambers -- 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.

Call Number

Sc D 19-295

ISBN

• 9781250200525
• 1250200520

LCCN

2018050716

OCLC

1061865331

Title

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

Publisher

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

Copyright Date

©2019

Edition

First U.S. edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Note

Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Added Author

Chambers, Veronica, editor.

Research Call Number

Sc D 19-295