Research Catalog
Rock star : the making of musical icons from Elvis to Springsteen
- Title
- Rock star : the making of musical icons from Elvis to Springsteen / David R. Shumway ; foreword by Anthony DeCurtis.
- Author
- Shumway, David R.
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JNE 14-145 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 244 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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 cultural heroes. Because of changes in American society and the media industries, rock stars have become much more explicitly political figures than were the stars of Hollywood's studio era. Rock stars, moreover, are icons of change, though not always progressive, whose public personas read like texts produced collaboratively by the performers themselves, their managers, and record companies. These stars thrive in a variety of media, including recorded music, concert performance, dress, staging, cover art, films, television, video, print, and others."--Publisher's information.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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?
- Call Number
- JNE 14-145
- ISBN
- 9781421413921
- 1421413922
- LCCN
- 2013043622
- 40023976838
- OCLC
- 863044193
- Author
- Shumway, David R., author.
- Title
- Rock star : the making of musical icons from Elvis to Springsteen / David R. Shumway ; foreword by Anthony DeCurtis.
- Publisher
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40023976838
- Research Call Number
- JNE 14-145