Why Solange matters

Solange takes her seat -- Little sister -- The making of a solo star -- Bite the hand, it never fed you -- Rooting for everybody Black -- Creating community -- For us by us -- When I get home

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1. Verfasser: Phillips, Stephanie (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Austin University of Texas Press 2021
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe:Music matters 005
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Zusammenfassung:Solange takes her seat -- Little sister -- The making of a solo star -- Bite the hand, it never fed you -- Rooting for everybody Black -- Creating community -- For us by us -- When I get home
"In Why Solange Matters, Stephanie Phillips chronicles the creative journey of an artist who became a beloved voice for the Black Lives Matter generation. A Black feminist punk musician herself, Phillips addresses not only the unpredictable trajectory of Solange's career, but also how she and other Black women see themselves through the musician's repertoire. First, she traces Solange's progress through an inflexible industry, charting the artist's development up to 2016, when the release of her third album, A Seat at the Table, redefined her career. Then, with A Seat at the Table and 2019's When I Get Home, Phillips describes how Solange embraced activism, anger, Black womanhood, and intergenerational trauma, to inform her remarkable art. Why Solange Matters not only cements the place of its subject in the pantheon of world-changing twenty-first century musicians; it introduces its writer as an important new voice"--
Beschreibung:xiv, 230 Seiten
ISBN:9781477320082
978-1-4773-2008-2