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239 sidor 22 cm |
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Ex:centrics
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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"In the final year of his life David Bowie achieved his long-time ambition to write and stage a musical. At the same time, he produced his final record, the multi-Grammy award winning Blackstar. In Lazarus, Bowie's protagonist is an alien outsider, stuck on earth and unable to die; he must find within himself the reason, and heroism, to finally be free. 2013's The Next Day, tells stories from the perspectives of a diverse cast of obscure literary characters who are experiencing death in some way. In contrast, Blackstar elegantly invites us to consider what happens when a star dies. In our universe dying stars do not disappear, they transform into new stellar objects, remnants and gravitational forces. When a pop star dies their body of work may live on; with enough critical mass, a remnant legacy may transform an individual into something bigger than what they were: supermassive, god-sized. This book analyzes the words, images, music and sounds of Bowie's final works, critically appraising it as death art that leverages its power from the artist's demise. With Lazarus and Blackstar Bowie assembles an existentialist framework for immortality that echoes David Bowman's journey through the Star Gate in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). In Bowie's version, the transformation comes through death's gateway; ascension to a new state of universal being"-- Provided by publisher |
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Bowie, David. Blackstar
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Bowie, David. Lazarus
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Bowie, David. Next day
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Bowie, David, 1947-2016 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Bowie, David, 1947-2016 -- Last years
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Rockmusiker
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Musikaler
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Death in music
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Rock music -- 2011-2020 -- History and criticism
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Musicals -- 21st century -- History and criticism
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Analys och tolkning
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Classmark |
782.42166092
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Ijz Bowie, David
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Lz Bowie, David
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ISBN/ISSN |
9781501365379 häftad |
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9781501365386 inbunden |
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