Future Nostalgia: Performing David Bowie
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Document Type
Book
Description
Although David Bowie has famously characterized himself as a "leper messiah," a more appropriate moniker might be "rock god": someone whose influence has crossed numerous sub-genres of popular and classical music and can at times seem ubiquitous. By looking at key moments in his career (1972, 1977-79, 1980-83, and 1995-97) through several lenses-theories of sub-culture, gender/sexuality studies, theories of sound, post-colonial theory, and performance studies Waldrep examines Bowie's work in terms not only of his auditory output but his many reinterpretations of it via music videos, concert tours, television appearances, and occasional movie roles. Future Nostalgia looks at all aspects of Bowie's career in an attempt to trace Bowie's contribution to the performative paradigms that constitute contemporary rock music.
ISBN
1623566924
Publication Date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury
City
New York, NY
Keywords
Criticism and interpretation, Rock music, History
Disciplines
Music
Recommended Citation
Waldrep, Shelton. Future Nostalgia: Performing David Bowie. Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
