Shine bright : a very personal history of black women in pop
(2022)
By:
Smith, Danyel
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
782.42164/SMITH,D
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Roc Lit 101, One World, [2022]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xxv, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780593132715, 0593132718 :, 0593132718, 9780593132715
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Part 1. The Dixie Cups ; Leontyne + Dionne + Cissy ; Miss Ross ; Gladys ; Donna ; Marilyn + Peaches ; Stephanie + The Wiz ; Jody + Deniece -- Part 2. Whitney and Aretha -- Part 3. Janet ; Mariah -- Outro -- Gratitude
"From one of the preeminent cultural critics of her generation, a radiant weave of memoir, criticism, and biography that tells the story of black women in music--from the Dixie Cups to Gladys Knight to Janet, Whitney, and Mariah-- as the foundational story of American pop"--