Charles Ivan Armstrong
Biographic Data
| ID | 9626662 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles Ivan Armstrong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles Ivan |
| FAMILY NAME | Armstrong |
| SIGNATURE | ARMSTRONG C I |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Ghost in the mirror
The musical career of David Bowie displays a longstanding fascination with suicide, as both a theme that recurs in his lyrics and as a visually enacted motif in his stage and media performances. This essay focuses on how the artist responded to the death of Bowie’s half-brother Terry Burns by suicide in 1985. Close attention is given to the lyrics of, and music video for, “Jump They Say” (1993), both of which are interpreted as acts of mourning. …
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Ghost in the mirror
The musical career of David Bowie displays a longstanding fascination with suicide, as both a theme that recurs in his lyrics and as a visually enacted motif in his stage and media performances. This essay focuses on how the artist responded to the death of Bowie’s half-brother Terry Burns by suicide in 1985. Close attention is given to the lyrics of, and music video for, “Jump They Say” (1993), both of which are interpreted as acts of mourning. …
Music History and Culture (1 work) · Physics (1 work) · Poetry Analysis and Criticism (1 work) · Psychology (1 work) · Sound Studies and Aurality (1 work)