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This book explores how pivotal Instagram Live events Club Quarantine and Verzuz have provided respite from social isolation and a rearticulated space for Black cultural engagement in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased racial tensions in the United States.
List of contents
Foreword: One Nation under a (socially distant) Groove
Eletra S. Gilchrist-Petty
Chapter 1: Introduction
Niya Pickett Miller
Chapter 2: `Sisters in the name of Love¿: The Rhetorical Construction of Sisterhood in the Verzuz Challenges between Gladys Knight vs. Patti Labelle And Erykah Badu vs. Jill Scott
Goyland Williams & Mtalika Banda
Chapter 3: Don¿t Take it Personal: Perceptions of Authenticity, Envy and Competitiveness in the Brandy v. Monica Verzuz Battle
Aisha Damali Lockridge and Janée N. Burkhalter
Chapter 4: The Way We Were: How Black Women Created Space with Verzuz
Kirstin Cheers
Chapter 5: DJ¿s Gig: Affective Hip Hop Culture and Affordances of Participatory Platforms during a Global Pandemic
June Mia
Chapter 6: Old Hits Verzuz New Technology: How a Pandemic Ushered Legacy Artists into the Clout Economy
Jabari Evans
Chapter 7: Black and Quarantined: Celebrating Black Identity During COVID-19 via Instagram
Katrina Overby, Gheni Platenburg, and Niya Pickett Miller
Chapter 8: The Culture Wins: Continuing Black Cultural Traditions through Verzuz
Karl Lyn
Chapter 9: Conclusion
Niya Pickett Miller
About the Contributors
About the author
Edited by Niya Pickett Miller - Contributions by Mtali Banda; Janée N. Burkhalter; Kirstin Cheers; Jabari Evans M.D.; Aisha Damali Lockridge; Karl O. Lyn; June Mia; Niya Pickett Miller; Eletra S. Gilchrist-Petty; Gheni Platenburg; Katrina M. Overby and Go
Summary
This book explores how pivotal Instagram Live events Club Quarantine and Verzuz have provided respite from social isolation and a rearticulated space for Black cultural engagement in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased racial tensions in the United States.
