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Mccabe Allyson - Why Sinead O'connor Matters - Paperback
Mccabe Allyson - Why Sinead O'connor Matters - Paperback
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Description: A stirring defense of Sin ad O Connor's music and activism and an indictment of the culture that cancelled her. In 1990, Sin ad O Connor's video for Nothing Compares 2 U turned her into a superstar. Two years later an appearance on Saturday Night Live turned her into a scandal. For many people including for years the author what they knew of O Connor stopped there. Allyson Mc Cabe believes it's time to reassess our old judgments about Sin ad O Connor and to expose the machinery that built her up and knocked her down. Addressing triumph and struggle sound and story Why Sin ad O Connor Matters argues that its subject has been repeatedly manipulated and misunderstood by a culture that is often hostile to women who speak their minds (in O Connor's case by shaving her head championing rappers and tearing up a picture of the pope on live television). Mc Cabe details O Connor's childhood abuse her initial success and the backlash against her radical politics without shying away from the difficult issues her career raises. She compares O Connor to Madonna another superstar who challenged the Catholic Church and Prince who wrote her biggest hit and allegedly assaulted her. A journalist herself Mc Cabe exposes how the media distorts not only how we see O Connor but how we see ourselves and she weighs the risks of telling a story that hits close to home. In an era when popular understanding of mental health has improved and the public eagerly celebrates feminist struggles of the past it can be easy to forget how O Connor suffered for being herself. This is the book her admirers and defenders have been waiting for.
Title: Why Sinead O'connor Matters
Author(s): Mccabe Allyson
Publisher: University Of Texas Press
Barcode: 9781477330739
Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Date: 7/16/2024
Series: Music Matters
Category: Gender Studies: Women
Description: A stirring defense of Sin ad O Connor's music and activism and an indictment of the culture that cancelled her. In 1990, Sin ad O Connor's video for Nothing Compares 2 U turned her into a superstar. Two years later an appearance on Saturday Night Live turned her into a scandal. For many people including for years the author what they knew of O Connor stopped there. Allyson Mc Cabe believes it's time to reassess our old judgments about Sin ad O Connor and to expose the machinery that built her up and knocked her down. Addressing triumph and struggle sound and story Why Sin ad O Connor Matters argues that its subject has been repeatedly manipulated and misunderstood by a culture that is often hostile to women who speak their minds (in O Connor's case by shaving her head championing rappers and tearing up a picture of the pope on live television). Mc Cabe details O Connor's childhood abuse her initial success and the backlash against her radical politics without shying away from the difficult issues her career raises. She compares O Connor to Madonna another superstar who challenged the Catholic Church and Prince who wrote her biggest hit and allegedly assaulted her. A journalist herself Mc Cabe exposes how the media distorts not only how we see O Connor but how we see ourselves and she weighs the risks of telling a story that hits close to home. In an era when popular understanding of mental health has improved and the public eagerly celebrates feminist struggles of the past it can be easy to forget how O Connor suffered for being herself. This is the book her admirers and defenders have been waiting for.
Title: Why Sinead O'connor Matters
Author(s): Mccabe Allyson
Publisher: University Of Texas Press
Barcode: 9781477330739
Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Date: 7/16/2024
Series: Music Matters
Category: Gender Studies: Women
