David Bowie: Critical Perspectives examines in detail the many layers of one of the most intriguing and influential icons in popular culture. This interdisciplinary book brings together established and emerging scholars from a wide variety of backgrounds, including musicology, sociology, art history, literary theory, philosophy, politics, film studies and media studies. Bowie's complexity as a singer, songwriter, producer, performer, actor and artist demands that any critical engagement with his overall work must be interdisciplinary and wide-ranging in its scope. The chapters are organised around the key themes of 'textualities', 'psychologies', 'orientalisms', 'art and agency' and 'performing and influencing' in Bowie's work. This comprehensive book contributes a great deal to the study of popular music, performance, gender, religion, popular media and celebrity.

About the Author
Eoin Devereux is Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Research in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He is also an Adjunct Professor in Contemporary Culture at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. He is the author of Understanding the Media (3rd edition, 2014) and editor of Media Studies: Key Issues and Debates (2007). Aileen Dillane is an ethnomusicologist based in the Irish World Academy at the University of Limerick, Ireland. She co-edited Morrissey: Fandom, Representations and Identities (2011) with Eoin Devereux and Martin Power. Her areas of research interest include ethnomusicological theory and practice, popular music and culture studies, performance studies and urban soundscape studies. Martin Power is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Recent publications include Morrissey: Fandom, Representations and Identities (2011, co-edited with Eoin Devereux and Aileen Dillane) and Marxist Perspectives on Irish Society (2011, co-edited with Micheal O'Flynn, Odette Clarke and Paul M. Hayes).

Reviews

"An interdisciplinary account of David Bowie's career at its best. This is a refreshing and insightful collection of essays that addresses the phenomenon of an artist who changed the direction of pop music forever. It is crammed with fascinating perspectives that raise the curtain on Bowie's performance antics and sheer force of creativity". - Professor Stan Hawkins, University of Oslo.

'Remarkably interesting' - Andrew Griffin, Red Dirt Report

Book Information
ISBN 9781138631205
Author Eoin Devereux
Format Paperback
Page Count 324
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 498g