Telling lies
The interviews of David Bowie
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5675261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Mccarthy (0000-0002-9996-7988, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 89-103 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Celebrity Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1939-2397 • E-ISSN: 1939-2400 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19392397.2018.1559113 |
| OpenAlex | W2909140320 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
Critical interpretations of David Bowie as the ever-changing ‘chameleon of rock’ and ‘the faker’ are nothing new. Such interpretations usually use a liberal sprinkling of quotes from his countless media interviews. Yet the self-contradiction, half-truths, fabrications, and lies to be found in these interviews have their own corresponding story to tell. The subject of this essay is David Bowie in interview. Ranging from mid-1960s interviews to the most recent interviews, Bowie’s comments and pronouncements do not elucidate the artist or his work in any satisfying manner. However, what they do is provide a fascinating perspective on Bowie’s life and art. If we interpret Bowie’s media interviews as a narrative-of-self as well as a form of artist’s statement, what they continually reveal is that, to use Paul Ricoeur’s concept, ‘narrative-identity’ is a slippery process that involves both an affirmation of a definite self and a total rejection of that self. They also reveal that this ‘self’ – together with others – is both the interpreter and the interpreted. In this sense, Bowie’s stardom (his fame) is continually under revision by both Bowie himself and those who attempt to interpret it. ‘Bowie’ becomes a collaborative project with no real beginning and no real end; not even in death. The celebrity interview is an important (yet often overlooked) stage for mediation
Aesthetics · Art · Contradiction · Dilemma · Epistemology · Literature · Narrative · Nothing · Sociology · Music History and Culture · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Philosophy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |