TY - BOOK AU - Loy,Stephen AU - Rickwood,Julie AU - Bennett,Samantha TI - Popular Music, Stars and Stardom SN - 9781760462130 AV - ML420.K675 .P678 2018 U1 - 782.42164092 PY - 2018/// CY - Canberra PB - ANU Press KW - Beyoncé,-1981--Criticism and interpretation KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5441195 ER -