Rock Star by David R. Shumway ISBN 49e6871a-910d-4264-9128-16084acbbfdd, 49E6871A-910D-4264-9128-16084ACBBFDD instant download

Rock Star by David R. Shumway ISBN 49e6871a-910d-4264-9128-16084acbbfdd, 49E6871A-910D-4264-9128-16084ACBBFDD instant download

"All stars are celebrities, but not all celebrities are stars," states David Shumway in the introduction to Rock Star, an informal history of rock stardom. This deceptively simple statement belies the complex definition and meaning of stardom and more specifically of rock icons. Shumway looks at the careers and cultural legacies of seven rock stars in the context of popular music and culture—Elvis Presley, James Brown, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, and Bruce Springsteen. Granted, there are many more names that fall into the rock icon category and that might rightfully appear on this list. Partly, that is the point: "rock star" is a familiar and desired category but also a contested one.Shumway investigates the rock star as a particular kind of cultural construction, different from mere celebrity. After the golden age of moviemaking, media exposure allowed rock stars more political sway than Hollywood's studio stars, and rock...