I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon

Touré

ISBN 10: 1476705496 / ISBN 13: 9781476705491

Editore: Atria Books, 2013

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Titolo: I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon

Casa editrice: Atria Books

Data di pubblicazione: 2013

Legatura: Rilegato

Condizione: very_good

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Celebrated journalist, TV personality, and award-winning author Touré investigates one of the most enigmatic and fascinating figures in contemporary American culture: Prince.

Celebrated journalist, TV personality, and award-winning author Touré investigates one of the most enigmatic and fascinating figures in contemporary American culture:

PRINCE

Drawing on new research and enlivened by Touré&;s unique pop-cultural fluency, I Would Die 4 U relies on surprising and in-depth interviews with Prince&;s band members, former girlfriends, musicologists, and even Bible scholars to deconstruct the artist&;s life and work.

Prince&;s baby boomer status allowed him to play a wise older brother to the latchkey kids of generation X. Defying traditional categories of race, gender, and sexuality, he nonetheless presents a very traditional conception of religion and God in his music. He was an MTV megastar and a religious evangelist, using images of sex and profanity to invite us into a musical conversation about the healing power of God. By demystifying the man and his music, I Would Die 4 U shows us how Prince defined a generation.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Touré is a writer, TV host, and host of the influential podcast The Touré Show. He writes for Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Nation, Vogue, and many other publications. A former cohost of MSNBC&;s The Cycle, he is also the author of Who&;s Afraid of Post-Blackness?, a New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book, and three other books. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.