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Popular Music, Stars and Stardom.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Canberra : ANU Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (172 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781760462130
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Popular Music, Stars and StardomDDC classification:
  • 782.42164092
LOC classification:
  • ML420.K675 .P678 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- 1. Popular Music, Stars and Stardom: Definitions, Discourses, Interpretations -- 2. Interstellar Songwriting: What Propels a Song Beyond Escape Velocity? -- 3. A Good Black Music Story? Black American Stars in Australian Musical Entertainment Before 'Jazz' -- 4. 'You're Messin' Up My Mind': Why Judy Jacques Avoided the Path of the Pop Diva -- 5. Wendy Saddington: Beyond an 'Underground Icon' -- 6. Unsung Heroes: Recreating the Ensemble Dynamic of Motown's Funk Brothers -- 7. When Divas and Rock Stars Collide: Interpreting Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé's Barcelona -- 8. Intimacy, Authenticity and 'Worlding' in Beyoncé's Star Project -- Index.
Summary: A popular fascination with fame and stardom has existed in Western culture since the late eighteenth century; a fascination that, in the twenty‑first century, reaches into almost every facet of public life. The pervasive nature of stardom in modern society demands study from the perspectives of distinct but thematically connected disciplines.
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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- 1. Popular Music, Stars and Stardom: Definitions, Discourses, Interpretations -- 2. Interstellar Songwriting: What Propels a Song Beyond Escape Velocity? -- 3. A Good Black Music Story? Black American Stars in Australian Musical Entertainment Before 'Jazz' -- 4. 'You're Messin' Up My Mind': Why Judy Jacques Avoided the Path of the Pop Diva -- 5. Wendy Saddington: Beyond an 'Underground Icon' -- 6. Unsung Heroes: Recreating the Ensemble Dynamic of Motown's Funk Brothers -- 7. When Divas and Rock Stars Collide: Interpreting Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé's Barcelona -- 8. Intimacy, Authenticity and 'Worlding' in Beyoncé's Star Project -- Index.

A popular fascination with fame and stardom has existed in Western culture since the late eighteenth century; a fascination that, in the twenty‑first century, reaches into almost every facet of public life. The pervasive nature of stardom in modern society demands study from the perspectives of distinct but thematically connected disciplines.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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