David Bowie and Transmedia Stardom [Hardcover]

Addressing the interart, intertextual, and intermedial dimensions of David Bowies sonic and visual legacy, this book considers more than five decades of a career invested with a stars luminosity that shines well beyond the remit of pop music.

The book approaches the idea of the star David Bowie as a medium in transit, undergoing constant movement and change. Within the context of celebrity studies, the concept of stardom provides an appropriate frame for an examination of Bowies transmedial activity, especially given his ongoing iconic signification within the celestial realm. While Bowie has traversed many mediums, he has also been described as a medium, which is consistent with the way he has described himself. With contributions from a wide range of disciplinary areas and countries, each chapter brings a fresh perspective on the concept of stardom and the conceptual significance of the terms mediation and navigation as they relate to Bowie and his career.

Containing a multitude of different approaches to the stardom and mediation of David Bowie, this book will be of interest to those studying celebrity, audio and visual legacy, and the relationships between different forms of media. It was originally published as a special issue of Celebrity Studies.

Introduction: Navigating with the Blackstar: the mediality of David Bowie  1. Constellating stardom, Berlin-style: Bowie, Christiane F, Hedi Slimane  2. Football, fashion and unpopular culture: David Bowies influence on Liverpool Football Club casuals 1976-79  3. Celebrity conferences as confessional spaces: the aca-fan memory traces of David Bowies stardom  4. Is Bowie our Kierkegaard? : A theory of Agency in Fandom  5. Oh man, I need TV when I got T. Rex: Bowie and Bolans otherworldly carnivalesque intermediality  6. Telling lies: the interviews of David Bowie&nbsplc)