Description
| Product ID: | 9780820463650 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Music [Meanings] |
| Title: | Afterlife as Afterimage |
| Subtitle: | Understanding Posthumous Fame |
| Authors: | Author: Joli Jensen, Steve Jones |
| Page Count: | 293 |
| Subjects: | Theory of music and musicology, Theory of music & musicology, Communication studies, Sociology, Communication studies, Sociology: customs & traditions |
| Description: | Popular music plays a prominent role in the cultural transformations that are constantly reshaping our world. Music is at the center of contemporary debates about globalization, electronic commerce, space and locality, style and identity, subculture and community. Music [Meanings] offers book-length studies examining the impact of popular music on individuals, cultures and societies. The series addresses popular music as a form of communication and culture from an interdisciplinary perspective. The mass media make it possible for fame to be enhanced and transformed posthumously. What does it mean to fans when a celebrity dies, and how can death change the way that celebrities are perceived and celebrated? How do we mourn and remember? What can different forms of communication reveal about the role of media in our lives? Through a provocative look at the lives and legacy of popular musicians from Elvis to Tupac and from Louis Prima to John Lennon, Afterlife as Afterimage analyzes the process of posthumous fame to give us new insights into the consequences of mediation, and it illuminates the complex nature of fandom, community formation, and identity construction. |
| Imprint Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2005-07-28 |
