Who You Think I Am? (Paperback)

Sebastian Berlich

ISBN 10: 3662672510 / ISBN 13: 9783662672518

Published by Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, 2023

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Paperback. Pop stars are close to us. In their songs, their pictures, their stories on Instagram. What we are looking for is an authentic impression. Real feelings on real faces. But what happens when they cover their face with a mask? Permanently, as a second face. The phenomenon can be found in the mainstream as well as in the underground. The mask does not break with the ideal of authenticity. Rather, depending on how it is staged, it refers to the most diverse discourses, can appear cool or grotesque, become a logo or create anonymity. The essay uses mainly two examples (Sido, Slipknot) to show how the mask constructs the persona of pop stars - and thus reveals structures of pop music.The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content. Real feelings on real faces. But what happens when they cover their face with a mask? The essay uses mainly two examples (Sido, Slipknot) to show how the mask constructs the persona of pop stars - and thus reveals structures of pop music.The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Who You Think I Am? (Paperback)
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3662672510
• ISBN 13: 9783662672518
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Pop stars are close to us. In their songs, their pictures, their stories on Instagram. What we are looking for is an authentic impression. Real feelings on real faces. But what happens when they cover their face with a mask? Permanently, as a second face. The phenomenon can be found in the mainstream as well as in the underground. The mask does not break with the ideal of authenticity. Rather, depending on how it is staged, it refers to the most diverse discourses, can appear cool or grotesque, become a logo or create anonymity. The essay uses mainly two examples (Sido, Slipknot) to show how the mask constructs the persona of pop stars - and thus reveals structures of pop music.

The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.

About the Author

Sebastian Berlich, born in 1991, is doing his doctorate in the Collaborative Research Centre "Transformations of the Popular" at the University of Siegen. He studied cultural poetics, art history and cultural studies in Münster and Saarbrücken. Texts on forms of seriality in Black Mirror, explosions in The Bridge On The River Kwai, and the mythical West Berlin of Kool Savas and Sido are available as part of anthologies.