{"product_id":"tipping-on-a-tightrope-divas-in-african-american-literature-hardcover","title":"Tipping on a Tightrope: Divas in African American Literature - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarlyle V. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Other), \u003cb\u003eAisha Damali Lockridge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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 \u003ci\u003eLiliane: Resurrection of the Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eTipping on a Tightrope: Divas in African American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e uses present popular culture incarnations of the Diva to detail her long relationship with Black American literary culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAisha 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50509791265016,"sku":"9781433105753","price":191.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/VmVxg6ZB3-9781433105753.webp?v=1789397467","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/tipping-on-a-tightrope-divas-in-african-american-literature-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}