Rock star : the making of musical icons from Elvis to Springsteen

Rock star : the making of musical icons from Elvis to Springsteen / David R. Shumway.

"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 c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shumway, David R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Rock musicians > United States.
Rock groups > United States.
Popular culture > United States.
Fame > Social aspects > United States.
Rock music > Social aspects > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Fame > Social aspects
Popular culture
Rock groups
Rock music > Social aspects
Rock musicians
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • 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?

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