When most people think that ldquo;little girls should be seen and not heard;rdquo; a noisy; riotous scream can be revolutionary. But thatrsquo;s not the case anymore. (Cis/Het/White) Girls arenrsquo;t supposed to be virginal; passive objects; but Poly-Styrene-like sirens who scream back in spectacularly noisy and transgressive ways as they ldquo;Lean In.rdquo; Resilience is the new; neoliberal feminine ideal: real women overcome all the objectification and silencing that impeded their foremothers. Resilience discourse incites noisy damage; like screams; so that it can be recycled for a profit. It turns the crises posed by avant-garde noise; feminist critique; and black aesthetics into opportunities for strengthening the vitality of multi-racial white supremacist patriarchy (MRWaSP). Reading contemporary pop music ndash; Lady Gaga; Beyonce; Calvin Harris ndash; with and against political philosophers like Michel Foucault; feminists like Patricia Hill Collins; and media theorists like Steven Shaviro; /Resilience Melancholy/ shows how resilience discourse manifests in both pop music and in feminist politics. In particular; it argues that resilient femininity is a post-feminist strategy for producing post-race white supremacy. Resilience discourse allows women to ldquo;Lean Inrdquo; to MRWaSP privilege because their overcoming and leaning-in actively produce blackness as exception; as pathology; as death. The book also considers alternatives to resilience found in the work of Beyonce; Rihanna; and Atari Teenage Riot. Updating Freud; James calls these pathological; diseased iterations of resilience ldquo;melancholy.rdquo; Melancholy makes resilience unprofitable; that is; incapable of generating enough surplus value to keep MRWaSP capitalism healthy. Investing in the things that resilience discourse renders exceptional; melancholic siren songs like Rihannarsquo;s ldquo;Diamondsrdquo; steer us off course; away from resilient ldquo;liferdquo; and into the death.
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Review
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. PROUD TO BE A ldquo;CAMPFIRErdquo; UKULELE-ISTBy Clarissa SimmensA troll or just rude; reviewed this songbook; sneering at chorders; so I took a look. How lucky am I that ukulele chords are in? I canrsquo;t read music; is that such a sin? He called us some names (wersquo;re the ldquo;campfire crowdrdquo;); we strum our babies; wersquo;re all so proud. How lucky am I to have taught myself to play! Having fun; fun; fun even though he says nay! This book is perfect for advanced or new. Donrsquo;t worry baby; just play; and remember; to your school be true. God only knows how hard we newbies go. I hide out in my room; wishing to be in Kokomo. If you want a challenge rewrite the musical translation. But Irsquo;ll stick with the original because I feel those good vibrations!1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. DisappointedBy Kindle CustomerI was hoping for a book with more advanced chords. Im glad to have a book with all.the lyrics but these versions are just too easy and not very interesting. This would be a good book for beginning Ukulele players looking for some fun tunes.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Not for beginersBy CustomerA nice collection of songs for uke; but not for beginners. While most will have recordings of these songs; a play along CD would have been a nice extra with this book. If you have played uke for a couple of years and dont have this book; get it. Sitting back in the sand at the beach and singing/struming these songs is a must.
