Veronica Chambers

The Meaning of Michelle (eBook, ePUB)

16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A NEW IN NONFICTION PEOPLE PICK A TIME TOP 10 NONFICTION BOOK OF 2017 NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY: The Huffington Post . Glamour . Bustle . RedEye

A Los Angeles Times bestseller

**One of BookRiot's '11 Books to Help Us Make It Through a Trump Presidency'**
**One of The Guardian's Essentials for Black History Month**

"Whenever I think about Michelle Obama, I think, 'When I grow up, I want to be just like her. I want to be that intelligent, confident, and comfortable in my own skin'." -Roxane Gay

"Even after eight years of watching them daily in the press, the fact that the most powerful man in the world is a Black man is still breathtaking to me. The fact that he goes home to a tight-knit, loving family headed by a Black woman is soul-stirring. That woman is Michelle. Michelle. That name now carries a whole world of meaning..." -From the Preface by Ava DuVernay

Michelle Obama is unlike any other First Lady in American History. From her first moments on the public stage, she has challenged traditional American notions about what it means to be beautiful, to be strong, to be fashion-conscious, to be healthy, to be First Mom, to be a caretaker and hostess, and to be partner to the most powerful man in the world. What is remarkable is that, at 52, she is just getting started.

While many books have looked at Michelle Obama from a fashion perspective, no book has fully explored what she means to our culture. The Meaning of Michelle does just that, while offering a parting gift to a landmark moment in American history. In addition to a tribute to Michelle Obama, this book is also a rollicking, lively dinner party conversation about race, class, marriage, creativity, womanhood and what it means to be American today.

Contributors include: Ava DuVernay, Veronica Chambers, Benilde Little, Damon Young, Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran, Brittney Cooper, Ylonda Gault Caviness, Chirlane McCray, Cathi Hanauer, Tiffany Dufu, Tanisha Ford, Marcus Samuelsson, Sarah Lewis, Karen Hill Anton, Rebecca Carroll, Phillipa Soo, and Roxane Gay

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781250114976
• Artikelnr.: 45390338

Autorenporträt

Veronica Chambers

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Preface by AVA DuVERNAY
Introduction: Homegirls by VERONICA CHAMBERS
1. Michelle in High Cotton by BENILDE LITTLE
2. Crushing on Michelle: Or the Unapologetic Power of Blackness by DAMON
YOUNG
3. The Composer and the Brain: A Conversation About Music, Marriage, Power,
Creativity, Partnership...and the Obamas by ALICIA HALL MORAN AND JASON
MORAN
4. Lady O and King Bey by BRITTNEY COOPER
5. We Go Way Back by YLONDA GAULT CAVINESS
6. Two Black First Ladies Walk into a Room by CHIRLANE McCRAY
7. Becoming the Wife by CATHI HANAUER
8. On Being Flawlessly Imperfect by TIFFANY DUFU
9. She Slays: Michelle Obama & the Power of Dressing Like You Mean It by
TANISHA C. FORD
10. Cooking with a Narrative by MARCUS SAMUELSSON
11. Michelle Obama: Representational Justice by SARAH LEWIS
12. The Freedom to Be Yourself by KAREN HILL ANTON
13. She Loves Herself When She Is Laughing: Michelle Obama, Taking Down a
Stereotype and Co-Creating a Presidency by REBECCA CARROLL
14. The Best of Wives and Best of Women by PHILLIPA SOO
15. Making Space by ROXANE GAY