商品簡介
Fourteen scholarly essays analyze posthumous fame in popular music to explore fandom, celebrity, the mass media, and how death can enhance and transform. "The macabre truism that death can be a good career move...captures the cynicism that many have for a process that, if we examine it with respect rather than denigration, reveals much about how and why we make meaning in the modern world," co-editor Jensen (communication, U. of Tulsa) writes in introducing the volume. It covers the cases of musicians from Elvis to Tupac, from Louis Prima to John Lennon. Scattered b&w photos punctuate the text. Annotation c2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
