{"product_id":"9798216387305","title":"Alter Egos The Imaginative Resistance of Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, and Janelle Monáe","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAlter Egos\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Imaginative Resistance of Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, and Janelle Monáe\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLarissa Irizarry\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ Genres \u0026amp; Styles \/ Pop Vocal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlack women in the music industry - including Beyoncé, Janelle Monáe, and Nicki Minaj - become critical interpreters of identity, aesthetics, and contemporaneous politics when performing as their alter egos.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring the concept of alter egos as an artistic and intellectual strategy within American music and culture, with a particular focus on Black women artists in pop and hip hop,  this book investigates how artists such as Janelle Monáe, Nicki Minaj, and Beyoncé construct alter egos to navigate identity, performance, and sociopolitical critique. Drawing on cultural studies, performance theory, and Black feminist thought, the book situates alter egos within historical and contemporary contexts of naming, identity formation, and counter-practices of representation. In analyzing long-form music videos, or “visual albums,” including \u003ci\u003eLemonade\u003c\/i\u003e (2016); \u003ci\u003eDirty Computer (\u003c\/i\u003e2018);\u003ci\u003e Black Is King\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), by prominent recording artists, \u003ci\u003eAlter Egos\u003c\/i\u003e detects a critical optimism at play that symbolically counters white nostalgia and anti-Black state violence with hopeful modes of embodiment. Through practices of creating performer personas, a feminist artistic technique emerges that plays with the affective possibilities of popular, mainstream music in the post-Obama era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarissa Irizarry\u003c\/b\u003e is a visiting assistant professor at Gettysburg College, USA. Her specialty areas include queer\u003cbr\u003etheory, Black feminist theory and North American popular music, and opera in the era of MeToo. She has\u003cbr\u003ebeen published in \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of American Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWomen and Music\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLateral\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e, and the E\u003ci\u003ethnomusicology Review.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 July 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216387305\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63035338260620,"sku":"9798216387305","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216387305","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}