Celine Dion's Let's Talk about Love: A Journey to the End of Taste

Celine Dion's Let's Talk about Love: A Journey to the End of TasteNon fans regard C line Dion as ersatz and plastic, yet to those who love her, no one could be more real, with her impoverished childhood, her (creepy) manager husband's struggle with cancer, her knack for howling out raw emotion. There's nothing cool about C line Dion, and nothing clever. That's part of her appeal as an object of love or hatred with most critics and committed music fans taking pleasure (or at least geeky solace) in their lofty

Non-fans regard C line Dion as ersatz and plastic, yet to those who love her, no one could be more real, with her impoverished childhood, her (creepy) manager-husband's struggle with cancer, her knack for howling out raw emotion. There's nothing cool about C line Dion, and nothing clever. That's part of her appeal as an object of love or hatred - with most critics and committed music fans taking pleasure (or at least geeky solace) in their lofty contempt. This book documents Carl Wilson's brave and unprecedented year-long quest to find his inner C line Dion fan, and explores how we define ourselves in the light of what we call good and bad, what we love and what we hate.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 11/01/2007
ISBN: 9780826427885
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 6.40h x 4.70w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Quill & Quire 03/01/2008 pg. 56