{"product_id":"9798765108369","title":"Interrogating Female Pop Star Documentaries","description":"\u003ch1\u003eInterrogating Female Pop Star Documentaries\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKirsty Fairclough\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ Individual Composer \u0026amp; Musician\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eFive Foot Two\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) starring Lady Gaga to \u003ci\u003eBlackPink's Light Up the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and Billie Eilish's \u003ci\u003eThe World's A Little Blurry (2021)\u003c\/i\u003e, documentaries on female pop stars have been released in increasing numbers since the early 2010s. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany of the world's most famous female artists - Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, MIA, Pink, JLo, Mary J Blige, Tina Turner and Shania Twain, amongst others - have allowed fragments of their onstage and offstage lives to be filmed and released for public consumption as part of the bolstering of their brand. Unlike earlier examples of the form which were often much 'softer' in their depiction of difficulties of the working life of the artist, like \u003ci\u003eDolly Parton's Here I am \u003c\/i\u003e(2019) and\u003ci\u003e Beyonce's Life Is But A Drea\u003c\/i\u003em (2013), more recent films have provided deeper insight into the relentless scrutiny of famous women's bodies, the ensuing mental health tolls, fear of cancel culture and observations on the illusion of female power in the music industry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInterrogating Female Pop Star Documentaries \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the female-oriented pop star documentary (pop doc), starting from its inception in 1991 with \u003ci\u003eIn Bed with Madonna\u003c\/i\u003e. Paying particular attention to the complexities of the construction of celebrity femininities, bodily aesthetics and gendered disciplinary norms as portrayed through the form, the collected scholars demonstrate the shift to the pop star's use of documentary as a means to exert narrative control over the restrictive nature of the music industry and their treatment by the mainstream and social media. The collection offers a pathway to engage with how the pop doc focused on female pop stars creates, reconciles and perpetuates the realities and myths of their lived experiences and legacies both on and off stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKirsty Fairclough\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange and Reader in Screen Studies at the School of Digital Arts (SODA) at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Music Documentary: Acid Rock to Electropop\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), \u003ci\u003eThe Arena Concert: Music, Media and Mass Entertainment \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2016), \u003ci\u003eMusic\/Video: Forms, Aesthetics, Media \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2017), \u003ci\u003eThe Legacy of Mad Men: Cultural History, Intermediality and American Television \u003c\/i\u003e(2020), \u003ci\u003ePrince and Popular Culture (\u003c\/i\u003eBloomsbury, 2020),\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand author of the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eBeyoncé: Celebrity Feminism and Popular Culture \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury). She is the curator of Sound and Vision: Pop Stars on Film and In Her View: Women Documentary Filmmakers film seasons at HOME, Manchester and Chair of Manchester Jazz Festival.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 April 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765108369\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936258719884,"sku":"9798765108369","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_dadddf09-6356-4656-929a-f2bc9a544192.jpg?v=1786016411","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798765108369","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}