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Title Blackstar theory : the last works of David Bowie / Leah Kardos
Author Kardos, Leah
Imprint New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

LIBRARY / MAP CALL NUMBER STATUS MESSAGE
 Stadsbibl:Ljusets kalender vån 2 Konst, foto, musik, film, teater, sport  780.92 Bowie engelska    DUE 24-04-12  ---
Descript 239 sidor 22 cm
Series Ex:centrics
Note Includes bibliographical references and index
"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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Subject Bowie, David. Blackstar
Bowie, David. Lazarus
Bowie, David. Next day
Bowie, David, 1947-2016 -- Criticism and interpretation
Bowie, David, 1947-2016 -- Last years
Rockmusiker
Musikaler
Death in music
Rock music -- 2011-2020 -- History and criticism
Musicals -- 21st century -- History and criticism
Analys och tolkning
Classmark 782.42166092
Ijz Bowie, David
Lz Bowie, David
ISBN/ISSN 9781501365379 häftad
9781501365386 inbunden
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