Dozier Ayanna (Independent Scholar Usa)
Dozier Ayanna (Independent Scholar Usa) - Janet Jackson's The Velvet Rope - Paperback
Dozier Ayanna (Independent Scholar Usa) - Janet Jackson's The Velvet Rope - Paperback
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Description: The question of control for Black women is a costly one. From 1986 onwards the trajectory of Janet Jackson's career can be summed up in her desire for control. Control for Janet was never simply just about her desire for economic and creative control over her career but was rather an existential question about the desire to control and be in control over her bodily integrity as a Black woman. This book examines Janet's continuation of her quest for control as heard in her sixth album The Velvet Rope. Engaging with the album the promotion the tour and its accompanying music videos this study unpacks how Janet uses Black cultural production as an emancipatory act of self - creation that allows her to reconcile with and potentially heal from trauma pain and feelings of alienation. The Velvet Rope's arc moves audiences to imagine the possibility of what emancipation from oppression - - from sexual to internal to societal - - could look like for the singer and for others. The sexually charged content and themes of abuse including self - harm and domestic violence were dismissed as selling points for Janet at the time of its release. The album stands out as a revelatory expression of emotional vulnerability by the singer one that many other artists have followed in the 20 - plus years since its release.
Title: Janet Jackson's The Velvet Rope
Author(s): Dozier Ayanna (Independent Scholar Usa)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781501355028
Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Date: 9/3/2020
Series: 33 1/3
Category: Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups
Description: The question of control for Black women is a costly one. From 1986 onwards the trajectory of Janet Jackson's career can be summed up in her desire for control. Control for Janet was never simply just about her desire for economic and creative control over her career but was rather an existential question about the desire to control and be in control over her bodily integrity as a Black woman. This book examines Janet's continuation of her quest for control as heard in her sixth album The Velvet Rope. Engaging with the album the promotion the tour and its accompanying music videos this study unpacks how Janet uses Black cultural production as an emancipatory act of self - creation that allows her to reconcile with and potentially heal from trauma pain and feelings of alienation. The Velvet Rope's arc moves audiences to imagine the possibility of what emancipation from oppression - - from sexual to internal to societal - - could look like for the singer and for others. The sexually charged content and themes of abuse including self - harm and domestic violence were dismissed as selling points for Janet at the time of its release. The album stands out as a revelatory expression of emotional vulnerability by the singer one that many other artists have followed in the 20 - plus years since its release.
Title: Janet Jackson's The Velvet Rope
Author(s): Dozier Ayanna (Independent Scholar Usa)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781501355028
Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Date: 9/3/2020
Series: 33 1/3
Category: Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups
