Future Nostalgia: Performing David Bowie

by Shelton Waldrep

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501325221
• ISBN13: 9781501325229
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"