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David Bowie Future Nostalgia Performing David Bowie

 Author: Shelton Waldrop  Category: Biography  Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic  Published: October 6, 2016  ISBN-13: 9781623566920  Pages: 240  Language: English  Dimension: 22,9 x 15,2 x 2 cm - Weight 471.00 grams
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Summary
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 studies examines Waldrep Bowie’s work in terms not only of his auditory output but his many reinterpretations of it via music videos, concert tours, television appearances, and occasional movie roles. Future Nostalgia looks at all aspects of Bowie’s career in an attempt to trace Bowie’s contribution to the performative paradigms that constitute contemporary rock music.

Review (s)
Original, engaging, and well-researched, Future Nostalgia is a welcome contribution to both the field of popular music studies generally and to Bowie scholarship in particular. Combining an interdisciplinary approach–drawing on musicology, music criticism, cultural studies and cultural history, gender studies, and disability studies–with the author’s comprehensive knowledge of Bowie’s career and oeuvre, this book makes a compelling case for the importance of David Bowie as an artist, performer, and cultural icon. Alexander Carpenter, Associate Professor and Director of Music, University of Alberta, Augustana Campus, Canada Future Nostalgia is a logical and rigorous exemplar for unpacking the performative palette of popular music’s most complex and enduring star. The author has produced a work that critiques David Bowie’s uniquely interdisciplinary performances by examining them through a carefully constructed and appropriately interdisciplinary lens. Simply, this is an essential text within the rapidly growing field of Bowie Studies. Ian Chapman, Senior execution creditor Lecturer in Contemporary Music, The University of Otago, New Zealand This important book is a Tour-De-Force. Thoroughly researched and beautifully written, Professor Waldrep’s book is a major addition to the growing field of study which seeks to unpack one of the most complex, multilayered and learned icons within popular culture. Future Nostalgia: Performing David Bowie is a must for both Bowie Bowie fans and scholars alike. Eoin Devereux, Assistant Dean, Research AHSS Faculty, University of Limerick, Ireland & Adjunct Professor of Contemporary Culture, University of Jyvasklya, Finland Future Nostalgia de-emphasizes Bowie’s fascination with theatricality and artifice … Waldrep’s ability to interpret the chameleon twists in Bowie’s work is impressive. He unveils the autobiographical moments and presents a nuanced reading of his often-ambiguous lyrics … Future Nostalgia is the best critical assessment of the Bowie oeuvre that we have; It deftly provides shape and form to an amorphous body of work that often seems to defy interpretation. LA Review of Books If you have an interest or even a love for the significance of David Bowie and how he shaped our collective appreciation for all things that define the art world, this book should attract your attention … An essential study of one of history’s most remarkable renaissance one recently. SLUG Magazine

Editorial Reviews
Review ― Ian Chapman, Senior Executant Lecturer in Contemporary Music, The University of Otago, New Zealand
“Future Nostalgia is a logical and rigorous exemplar for unpacking the performative palette of popular music’s most complex and enduring star. The author has produced a work that critiques David Bowie’s uniquely interdisciplinary performances by examining them through a carefully constructed and appropriately interdisciplinary lens. Simply, this is an essential text within the rapidly growing field of Bowie Studies.” ―Ian Chapman, Senior Executant Lecturer in Contemporary Music, The University of Otago, New Zealand

Review ― Eoin Devereux, Assistant Dean, Research AHSS Faculty, University of Limerick, Ireland & Adjunct Professor of Contemporary Culture, University of Jyvasklya, Finland
“This important book is a Tour-De-Force. Thoroughly researched and beautifully written, Professor Waldrep’s book is a major addition to the growing field of study which seeks to unpack one of the most complex, multilayered and learned icons within popular culture. Future Nostalgia: Performing David Bowie is a must for both Bowie scholars and Bowie fans alike.” ―Eoin Devereux, Assistant Dean, Research AHSS Faculty, University of Limerick, Ireland & Adjunct Professor of Contemporary Culture, University of Jyvasklya, Finland

Review ― Alexander Carpenter, Associate Professor and Director of Music, University of Alberta, Augustana Campus, Canada
“Original, engaging, and well-researched, Future Nostalgia is a welcome contribution to both the field of popular music studies generally and to Bowie scholarship in particular. Combining an interdisciplinary approach–drawing on musicology, music criticism, cultural studies and cultural history, gender studies, and disability studies–with the author’s comprehensive knowledge of Bowie’s career and oeuvre, this book makes a compelling case for the importance of David Bowie as an artist, performer, and cultural icon.” ―Alexander Carpenter, Associate Professor and Director of Music, University of Alberta, Augustana Campus, Canada

Review – LA Review of Books
“Future Nostalgia emphasizes Bowie’s fascination with theatricality and artifice … Waldrep’s ability to interpret the chameleon twists in Bowie’s work is impressive. He unveils the autobiographical moments and presents a nuanced reading of his often-ambiguous lyrics … Future Nostalgia is the best critical assessment of the Bowie oeuvre that we have; it deftly provides shape and form to an amorphous body of work that often seems to defy interpretation.” -LA Review of Books

Review – SLUG Magazine
“If you have an interest or even a love for the significance of David Bowie and how he shaped our collective appreciation for all things that define the art world, this book should attract your attention…An essential study of one of recent history’s most remarkable renaissance men.” – SLUG Magazine

Review – Cinema Journal
“Future Nostalgia contributes an expansive interdisciplinary examination of the cultural aesthetic influence of Bowie as he engaged in various performative practices … [Waldrep] drew me in and opened up new cultural and intellectual pathways.”

About the Author
Shelton Waldrep is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern Maine, USA. He is the author of The Dissolution of Place: Architecture, Identity, and the Body (2013) and The Aesthetics of Self-Invention: Oscar Wilde to David Bowie (2004), the co-author of Inside the Mouse: Work and Play at Disney World (1995), and the editor of The Seventies: The Age of Glitter in Popular Culture (1999).

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