{"product_id":"david-bowies-diamond-dogs-9781501336584","title":"David Bowie's Diamond Dogs","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter his breakthrough with \u003ci\u003eZiggy Stardust\u003c\/i\u003e and before his U.S. pop hits \"Fame\" and \"Golden Years\" David Bowie produced a dark and difficult concept album set in a post-apocalyptic \"Hunger City\" populated by post-human \"mutants.\" \u003ci\u003eDiamond Dogs \u003c\/i\u003eincludes the great glam anthem \"Rebel Rebel\" and utterly unique songs that combine lush romantic piano and nearly operatic singing with scratching, grungy guitars, creepy, insidious noises, and dark, pessimistic lyrics that reflect the album's origins in a projected Broadway musical version of Orwell's \u003ci\u003e1984 \u003c\/i\u003eand Bowie's formative encounter with William S. Burroughs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book Glenn Hendler shows that each song on \u003ci\u003eDiamond Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e shifts the ground under you as you listen, not just by changing in musical style, but by being sung by a different \"I\" who directly addresses a different \"you.\" \u003ci\u003eDiamond Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e is the product of a performer at the peak of his powers but uncomfortable with the rock star role he had constructed. All of the album's influences looked to Bowie like ways of escaping not just the Ziggy role, but also the constraints of race, gender, sexuality, and nationality. These are just some of the reasons many Bowie fans rate \u003ci\u003eDiamond Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e his richest and most important album of the 1970s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12427052\"\u003eGlenn Hendler\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.40h x 4.70w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501336584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501336584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-MUS\"\u003eMusic\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-MUS050000\"\u003eIndividual Composer \u0026amp; Musician\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-MUS\"\u003eMusic\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-MUS020000\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Criticism | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlenn Hendler\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and American Studies at Fordham University, USA. He writes on popular and unpopular literature in the 19th century, film, television, and contemporary cultural politics. He is author or editor of several books, including \u003ci\u003ePublic Sentiments: Structures of Feeling in Nineteenth-Century American Literature \u003c\/i\u003e(2001) and \u003ci\u003eKeywords for American Cultural Studies \u003c\/i\u003e(2007)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45161692463243,"sku":"9781501336584","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_bce762c8-6f88-480e-98d6-e7577d31dedd.jpg?v=1770220881","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/david-bowies-diamond-dogs-9781501336584","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}