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Wannabe audiobook
- By: Aisha Harris
- Narrator: Aisha Harris
- Category: Celebrity & Popular Culture, HUMOR, Topic
- Length: 7 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 13, 2023
- Language: English
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Wannabe Audiobook Summary
“Aisha Harris is one of our smartest, most entertaining modern cultural critics. The nine pieces offer insight on Stevie Wonder, the Spice Girls, Pen15, and New Girl—among many other pop artifacts, of course—which might as well be parlance for, ‘Read me immediately.’”
—ELLE
Aisha Harris has made a name for herself as someone you can turn to for a razor-sharp take on whatever show or movie everyone is talking about. Now, she turns her talents inward, mining the benchmarks of her nineties childhood and beyond to analyze the tropes that are shaping all of us, and our ability to shape them right back.
In the opening essay, an interaction with Chance the Rapper prompts an investigation into the origin myth of her name. Elsewhere, Aisha traces the evolution of the “Black Friend” trope from its Twainian origins through to the heyday of the Spice Girls, teen comedies like Clueless, and sitcoms of the New Girl variety. And she examines the overlap of taste and identity in this era, rejecting the patriarchal ethos that you are what you like. Whatever the subject, sitting down with her book feels like hanging out with your smart, hilarious, pop culture–obsessed friend—and it’s a delight.
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Wannabe Audiobook Narrator
Aisha Harris is the narrator of Wannabe audiobook that was written by Aisha Harris
Aisha Harris is a cohost and reporter for the hit NPR podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour. She previously held editorial positions at Slate and the New York Times. Aisha earned her bachelor’s degree in theatre from Northwestern University and her master’s degree in cinema studies from NYU.
About the Author(s) of Wannabe
Aisha Harris is the author of Wannabe
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Wannabe Full Details
| Narrator | Aisha Harris |
| Length | 7 hours 38 minutes |
| Author | Aisha Harris |
| Category | |
| Publisher | HarperAudio |
| Release date | June 13, 2023 |
| ISBN | 9780063249974 |
Subjects
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Additional info
The publisher of the Wannabe is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780063249974.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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