ISBN:
9781421413938
,
1421413930
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Shumway, David R Rock star
DDC:
306.48426
Keywords:
Rock musicians United States
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Rock groups United States
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Popular culture United States
;
Fame Social aspects
;
United States
;
Rock music Social aspects
;
United States
;
United States
;
Rock musicians
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Rock groups
;
Popular culture
;
Fame Social aspects
;
Rock music Social aspects
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Fame ; Social aspects
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Popular culture
;
Rock groups
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Rock music ; Social aspects
;
Rock musicians
;
United States
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"Shumway investigates the rock star as a particular kind of cultural construction, different from mere celebrity. After the golden age of moviemaking, media exposure allowed rock stars more political sway than Hollywood's studio stars, and rock stars gradually replaced movie stars as key cultural heroes. Because of changes in American society and the media industries, rock stars have become much more explicitly political figures than were the stars of Hollywood's studio era. Rock stars, moreover, are icons of change, though not always progressive, whose public personas read like texts produced collaboratively by the performers themselves, their managers, and record companies. These stars thrive in a variety of media, including recorded music, concert performance, dress, staging, cover art, films, television, video, print, and others."--Publisher's information
Abstract:
Reflections on stardom and its trajectories -- Watching Elvis -- James Brown : self-remade man -- Bob Dylan : the artist -- The Rolling Stones : rebellion, transgression, and excess -- The Grateful Dead : alchemy, or rock & roll utopia -- Joni Mitchell : the singer-songwriter and the confessional persona -- Trapped in the promised land : Bruce Springsteen -- Conclusion : where have all the rock stars gone?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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