Death and the Rock Star

Death and the Rock Star
ISBN-10
1472430913
ISBN-13
9781472430915
Category
Music
Pages
223
Language
English
Published
2015-10-28
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Authors
Dr Catherine Strong, Dr Barbara Lebrun

Description

This edited collection explores the reception of dead rock stars, ‘rock’ being taken in the widest sense. When music artists die, their fellow musicians, producers, fans and the media react differently, and this book brings together their intertwining modalities of reception. The commercial impact of death on record sales, copyrights, and print media is considered, and the different justifications by living artists for being involved with the dead, through covers, sampling and tributes. The cultural representation of dead singers is investigated through obituaries, biographies and biopics. The book discusses the gendering of death and posthumous prestige, and the enduring appeal of the notion of ‘tragedy’ in popular music culture.

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