TY - BOOK AU - Bickerdike,Jennifer Otter TI - Being Britney: pieces of a modern icon SN - 9781788705240 (pbk.) : AV - ML420 U1 - 920 BRI 23 PY - 2021/// CY - London PB - Nine Eight Books KW - Spears, Britney. KW - Spears, Britney KW - Popular culture KW - United States KW - Music KW - ukslc KW - Social life and customs KW - 21st century N2 - Part biography, part social history, 'Being Britney' pieces together a collage of vignettes, stories, interviews, legends and fan experiences to construct a definitive portrait of the artist and her complex, far-reaching orbit. This narrative provides a sympathetic yet objective re-examination of Britney's cultural impact in the wake of major collective shifts surrounding feminism, celebrity and mental health. Despite her career spanning five presidents, multiple creative reinventions and over 100 million album sales, Britney's ability to come back again and again from highly publicised personal adversity has rarely been acknowledged. However, her successes keep stacking up and her relevance seems to grow with each passing year, culminating in a game-changing Las Vegas residency, a shocking conservatorship battle and a powerful #FreeBritney support campaign ER -