Description
| Product ID: | 9780099548874 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Man Who Sold The World |
| Subtitle: | David Bowie And The 1970s |
| Authors: | Author: Peter Doggett |
| Page Count: | 432 |
| Subjects: | Music: styles and genres, Music: styles & genres, Social and cultural history, Social & cultural history, c 1970 to c 1980 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Explores the rich heritage of Bowie's productive and inspired decade, and traces the way in which his music reflected and influenced the world around him. This book examines in detail Bowie's audacious creation of an 'alien' rock star, Ziggy Stardust, and his increasingly perilous explorations of the nature of identity and the meaning of fame. No artist offered a more incisive and accurate portrait of the troubled landscape of the 1970s than David Bowie. Cultural historian Peter Doggett explores the rich heritage of Bowie''s most productive and inspired decade, and traces the way in which his music reflected and influenced the world around him. From ''Space Oddity'', his dark vision of mankind''s voyage into the unknown terrain of space, to the Scary Monsters album, Doggett examines in detail Bowie''s audacious creation of an ''alien'' rock star, Ziggy Stardust, and his increasingly perilous explorations of the nature of identity and the meaning of fame. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-10-04 |
