
- 320 pages
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About this book
From Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Midler, and Diana Ross to Queen Elizabeth I, Julia Child, and Princess Leia, these divas have been sister, alter ego, fairy godmother, or model for survival to gay men and the closeted boys they once were. And anyoneâstraight or gay, young or old, male or femaleâwho ever needed a muse, or found one, will see their own longing mirrored here as well.
These witty and poignant short essays explore reasons for diva-worship as diverse as the writers themselves. My Diva offers both depth and glamour as it pays tribute with joy, intelligence, and fierce, fierce love.
These witty and poignant short essays explore reasons for diva-worship as diverse as the writers themselves. My Diva offers both depth and glamour as it pays tribute with joy, intelligence, and fierce, fierce love.
Finalist, Lambda Book Award for LGBT Anthology, Lambda Literary Foundation
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Sappho (630 BC)
- Queen Elizabeth I (1533)
- Virginia Woolf (1882)
- Margaret Dumont (1882)
- Bessie Smith (1892)
- Claude Cahun (1894)
- Gracie Allen (1895)
- Lotte Lenya (1898)
- Gloria Swanson (1899)
- Marlene Dietrich (1901)
- Joan Crawford (1905) versus Bette Davis (1908)
- Lucille Ball (1911)
- Mahalia Jackson (1911)
- Julia Child (1912)
- Billie Holiday (1915)
- Edith Piaf (1915)
- Evita PerĂłn (1919)
- Grace Paley (1922)
- Ava Gardner (1922)
- Aurora de Albornoz (1926)
- Joan Sutherland (1926)
- Eartha Kitt (1927)
- Betty Berzon (1928)
- Jeanne Moreau (1928)
- Jennifer Paterson [âTwo Fat Ladiesâ] (1928)
- Audrey Hepburn (1929)
- Ms. Kiki Durane (Depression Era)
- Elizabeth Taylor (1932)
- Anna Moffo (1932)
- Nina Simone (1933)
- Julie Andrews (1935)
- Tina Turner (1939)
- Karen Black (1939)
- Raquel Welch (1940)
- Julie Christie (1941)
- Helen Reddy (1941)
- Wonder Woman (1941)
- Diana Ross (1944)
- RocĂo DĂșrcal (1944)
- Bette Midler (1945)
- Jessye Norman (1945)
- Liza Minnelli (1946)
- Cher (1946)
- Laura Nyro (1947)
- Stevie Nicks (1948)
- Jessica Lange (1949)
- Patti LuPone (1949)
- Wendy Waldman (1950)
- Cyndi Lauper (1953)
- Rickie Lee Jones (1954)
- Annie Lennox (1954)
- Siouxsie Sioux (1957)
- Auntie Mame (1958)
- Kate Bush (1958)
- Jamie Lee Curtis (1958)
- Sade (1959)
- Taylor Dayne (1962)
- Endora [âBewitchedâ] (1964)
- Björk (1965)
- Kristin Hersh (1966)
- Céline Dion (1968)
- Parker Posey (1968)
- Margaret Cho (1968)
- Mary J. Blige (1971)
- Princess Leia (1977)
- Contributors