2. Theterm‘star’ refers to the semi-mythological set
of meanings constructedaround music
performersin order to sell theperformer to a
large and loyal audience
Some of the most common features of ‘stardom’ are;
Youthfulness
Rebellion
Sexual Magnetism
An anti-authoritarian attitude
Originality
Creativity/talent
Aggression/anger
A disregard for social values
3. One example of a ‘star’ is David Bowie. Bowie adopted personas
such as ‘JeanGenie’, ‘ZiggyStardust’. Hewas able to change
genres/looks of music several times to suit whatever hewanted
to do at that time. He became ‘David Bowie’ – a construct which
means whatever youwant it to mean ratherthan ‘the singer’ or ‘a
rocksinger’
4. Richard Dyer has written about the role of stars in
film, TV and music. He suggests that all stars have
something in common.
‘A star is an image, not a real person, that is
constructed out of a range of materials such as
magazines as well as films’. He suggests that stars
are commodities produced and consumed on the
strength of their meanings.
According to
https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/,
commodities means a raw material or
primary agricultural product that can
be bought and sold.
