The New Black Diva: Redefining the Black Female Aesthetic and Gay Male Femininity
Kimberly Spring in the "Third Wave of Black Feminism" postulates that young Black feminists "are carrying on the legacy left by nineteenth-century abolitionists, anti-lynching crusaders, club women, Civil Rights organizers, Black nationalist revolutionaries, and 1970s Black feminists. Do we find examples of these pioneers in popular music? 1. If so, who do you think redefines the new black female aesthetic in their music, lyricism and public image? 2. Does this feminine aesthetic translate into a redefinition of gay male sexuality? Kofi Martin, University of Memphis
