CDT on Wednesday June 5 2019 and 1159 pm. In Why Karen Carpenter Matters Karen Tongson whose Filipino musician parents named her after the pop icon interweaves the story of the singers rise to fame with her own trans-Pacific journey between Manilawhere imitations of American pop styles flourishedand Karen Carpenters home ground of Southern California.
Because Karen Carpenter matters.
Why karen carpenter matters. Fans of the 70s musical sensation the Carpenters celebrate the 50th anniversary of the duos first album this year. Three 3 backup names will be drawn. 4 1983 from issues related to an eating disorder.
Thats who Karen Carpenter wasthe singer passed away on Feb. A tale of two Karens Why Karen Carpenter Matters is a story of displacement in which Karen Tongson brilliantly reveals how those of us who live outside the narrow confines of white cisgender capitalist America found a homeand a voicein the aural landscape of a seemingly quintessential white-bread suburban American pop starKaren Carpenter. She valued people and artistic expression.
CDT on Tuesday June 11 2019. Two 2 winners will each receive one 1 paperback copy of Why Karen Carpenter Matters. In addition to teaching the reader about Carpenters and Filipino culture and history Tongson serves up a number.
Why Karen Carpenter Matters. Why Karen Carpenter Matters is a book that tries to be too many things and as a result fails to perform its main task of paying homage to its titular character. Karen Tongson grew up in a musical home.
At 138 pages Why Karen Carpenter Matters is a brief and pleasant read that challenges some of the predominant assumptions we hold about why we love the music we love. Karen Tongsons Why Karen Carpenter Matters dives into the lived complexities of fundamental queer concepts such as disidentification and cruel optimism by illuminating from within the queer alliance between the author and her namesake Karen Carpenter. The Carpenters fifth studio album Now Then 1973 is also available for.
In Why Karen Carpenter Matters Karen Tongson whose Filipino musician parents named her after the pop icon interweaves the story of the singers rise to fame with her own trans-Pacific journey between the Philippineswhere imitations of American pop styles flourishedand Karen Carpenters home ground of Southern California. A forthcoming book Why Karen Carpenter Matters University of Texas Press takes a fresh look at Karen Carpenters life and why the Carpenters chart-topping seemingly whitewashed musical fantasies of normal love have profound significance for people of color. Why Karen Carpenter Matters is a short book part of the University of Texas Press Music Matters series reminiscent of the 33 13 series in which each book is devoted to a single album.
Use this form to enter The Currents Why Karen Carpenter Matters giveaway between 745 am. Both her parents were professional musicians in the Philippines a country where The Carpenters were arguably more popular than in their native United States. Reading Sheet Chapter Title Summary Elements Thematic Ideas Evidence Evidence may include plot narration and quotes but be sure to include page numbers for ALL evidence.
By focusing on Karens life and legacy holistically we have space to appreciate her and her catalog anew all without either obsequious sugar-coating or grimy warts-and-all exposes. Karen Tongson interweaves bits of her own story growing up in California after immigrating from the Philippines with the beauty and soul of Karen Carpenter lead singer for The Carpenters. An exploration of Karen Carpenters enduring ability to transcend cultural differences bridging not only American suburbia and the authors native Philippines but.
In Why Karen Carpenter Matters Karen Tongson whose Filipino musician parents named her after the pop icon interweaves the story of the singers rise to fame with her own trans-Pacific journey between Manila - where imitations of American pop styles flourished - and Karen Carpenters home ground of Southern California. The Currents Why Karen Carpenter Matters Giveaway. She matters author Karen Tongson writes to people of color immigrants queer people gender outlaws and everyone other than the white Nixon-era suburbanites she and her music are said to have represented.
Comparisons allusions questions contradictions favorite. Your Thoughts Questions Epiphanies Use this space to track your thinking as you read. Early in her new book Why Karen Carpenter Matters Karen Tongson reports that a karaoke machine in the Philippines once presented the key phrase from the Carpenters 1970 song Weve Only Just Begun as whiteness and promises instead of white lace and promises 1 Sometimes Tongson suggests getting something wrong can be a very powerful mode of perception and argumentation.
More popular than ever. The Carpenters were such a big part of her life that she wrote Why Karen Carpenter Matters a book that is part biography and part memoir. Karent and Richard Carpenter performing on the BBCs In Concert series.
She was an It Girl who didnt fit the usual mold. 3 thematic ideas minimum. Why Karen Carpenter Matters For one brown queer Filipino-American Karen Carpenters music anchored her to her musical familys past while helping chart her path in their adopted Southern California.
In Why Karen Carpenter Matters Tongson draws from queer theory music history and personal anecdotes to explore the importance of the singer and. Tongson reveals why the Carpenters chart-topping seemingly. As popular as she was in her lifetime Karen Carpenter has according to a new book Why Karen Carpenter Matters generated different afterlives read.
Tongson reveals why the Carpenters chart. Her death shining a light on that subject in much the same way Magic Johnsons HIV announcement brought attention to that.
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