David Bowie: Critical Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Devereux, Eoin; Dillane, Aileen; Power, Martin

• Publisher: Taylor and Francis;Routledge
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 342
• Series: Routledge Studies in Popular Music
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

David Bowie: Critical Perspectives examines in detail the many layers of one of the most intriguing and influential icons in popular culture. This interdisciplinary book brings together established and emerging scholars from a wide variety of backgrounds, including musicology, sociology, art history, literary theory, philosophy, politics, film studies and media studies. Bowie’s complexity as a singer, songwriter, producer, performer, actor and artist demands that any critical engagement with his overall work must be interdisciplinary and wide-ranging in its scope. The chapters are organised around the key themes of ‘textualities’, ‘psychologies’, ‘orientalisms’, ‘art and agency’ and ‘performing and influencing’ in Bowie’s work. This comprehensive book contributes a great deal to the study of popular music, performance, gender, religion, popular media and celebrity.