Popular Music, Stars and Stardom.
Loy, Stephen.
Popular Music, Stars and Stardom. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (172 pages)
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.
9781760462130
Beyoncé,-1981--Criticism and interpretation.
Electronic books.
ML420.K675 .P678 2018
782.42164092
Popular Music, Stars and Stardom. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (172 pages)
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.
9781760462130
Beyoncé,-1981--Criticism and interpretation.
Electronic books.
ML420.K675 .P678 2018
782.42164092