(madonna w/some mermen)

(sade usin a ~*metaphor*~)

(lady gaga brewin some identities)

i even found this video montage of clips from splash, set to a totally diva soundtrack (beyonce, mariah, xtina).

The Divas Reading Group meets weekly to investigate pop divahood as a textual, musical, visual, and cultural phenomenon.  The group’s ‘readings’ include critical texts, lyrical content, music videos, live performances, interviews, photographs, magazine/blog articles, social media, and music television specials. Through this blend of scholarship and popular media, the group examines different modes of vocality, textuality, pleasure, identity, sexuality, performance/performativity, (dis)embodiment, divinity, obsession, mesmerism, poetics, and aesthetics.

In spring 2012, participants will contribute writings and/or help edit/curate a journal and potential installation which will explore these many aspects of Diva culture.

Limited spaces; open to students, staff, and faculty.  To apply, email hhc@haverford.edu by Sunday, October 23rd, with your name, department, class year if applicable, and a brief paragraph explaining your interest in the seminar, past relevant experiences, and diva who fascinates you (and why).  Full group description and syllabus available at haverford.edu/divas

Questions: hsilverb@haverford.edu