Tipping on a tight rope: divas in African American literature

Introduction: Diva does not mean bitch without a cause

Helga Crane: failed transnational diva

Searching for the diva in Their eyes were watching God

The bottom's unrepentant diva

Revising Janie Crawford: divas under the male gaze

A canvas of her own: the diva in Liliane resurrection of the daughter

Conclusion: Divas beyond the Fin de siècle.