Afterlife as Afterimage

Understanding Posthumous Fame

Buch | Softcover

293 Seiten

2005
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-6365-0 (ISBN)

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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.

Reihe/Serie	Music /meanings ; 2
	Music [Meanings] ; 2
	Music/Meanings ; 2
Zusatzinfo	11 fig.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	440 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8204-6365-5 / 0820463655
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-6365-0 / 9780820463650
Zustand	Neuware