| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 215 pages.) |
| Series |
Popular Culture and Philosophy ; Volume 103 |
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Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 103.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Summary |
Among the topics explored in David Bowie and Philosophy are the nature of Bowie as an institution; Bowie's work in many platforms, including movies and TV; Bowie's spanning of low and high art, and his relation to Warhol; the influence of Buddhism and Kabuki theater; the recurring theme of Bowie as a space alien, including "Space Oddity" and The Man Who Fell to Earth; the dystopian element in Bowie's thinking, displayed in "1984" and the album Outside; the role of fashion in Bowie's creativity; personal identity as preserved over various divergent personae; the aesthetics of theatrical rock and glam rock; Bowie's public identification with bisexuality and his influence within the LGBTQ community. Pervasive themes in Bowie's output include change, time, apocalypse, dancing, mind-body dualism, and spirituality. In the dualistic universe that undergirds his lyrics, body consistently wins over mind, but body is nevertheless on the hook of moral responsibility. There is thus an inherent tension: the overwhelming desires of bodily drives versus the repressive institutions such as church and the omnipresent "They" who would have us do otherwise than our body want. The emergent paradox in Bowie is that for all his alleged sexual indulgences, in the end mind trumps body. |
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Bowie, David -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Rock music -- History and criticism.
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Rock musicians -- England -- Philosophy.
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Music and philosophy.
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MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician.
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MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Voice.
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MUSIC / Lyrics.
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MUSIC / Printed Music / Vocal.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ammon, Theodore G., 1954- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Original 9780812699210 0812699211 (OCoLC)922911673 |
| ISBN |
9780812699258 (electronic bk.) |
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0812699254 (electronic bk.) |
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