Blank Space: Taylor Swift and Contingent Identities examines Taylor Swift's art, her public image, and Swiftie fan communities. It features discussions of several Swift songs, with attention to the poetic effects created by their lyrics. The author argues that these songs offer a consistent focus, throughout Swift's career to date, on personal identities that evolve through relationships with particular other people. He shows how in Swift's songs, narrators reflect on how their identities change over time-even in some cases, over the course of the song. The book builds on this discussion of Swift's art to consider the artist's image, exploring how multiple forces interact to shape this image and give it meaning-forces including the artist's management team as well as critics and fans. According to the author, the distinctive characteristics of Swft's art and Swift's public image help to create the unique Swiftie fan communities that have emerged and flourished. The book includes two different studies of Swifties' communication practices, one centering online interactions and the second in-depth interviews with Swifties. It concludes with attention to the implications of Swift's selection as Time magazine's 2023 Person of the Year.
| ISBN: | 9781666942712 |
| Publication date: | 9th August 2024 |
| Author: | Keith Nainby |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 264 pages |
| Series: | For the Record : Lexington Studies in Rock and Popular Music |
| Genres: |
Composers and songwriters Popular music Musicians, singers, bands and groups Musical scores, lyrics and libretti |
Blank Space: Taylor Swift and Contingent Identities examines Taylor Swift's art, her public image, and Swiftie fan communities. It features discussions of several Swift songs, with attention to the poetic effects created by their lyrics. The author argues that these songs offer a consistent focus, throughout Swift's career to date, on personal identities that evolve through relationships with particular other people. He shows how in Swift's songs, narrators reflect on how their identities change over time-even in some cases, over the course of the song. The book builds on this discussion of Swift's art to consider the artist's image, exploring how multiple forces interact to shape this image and give it meaning-forces including the artist's management team as well as critics and fans. According to the author, the distinctive characteristics of Swft's art and Swift's public image help to create the unique Swiftie fan communities that have emerged and flourished. The book includes two different studies of Swifties' communication practices, one centering online interactions and the second in-depth interviews with Swifties. It concludes with attention to the implications of Swift's selection as Time magazine's 2023 Person of the Year.
Examining Blank Spaces and the Taylor Swift Phenomenon features in the following genres: Composers and songwriters, Popular music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Musical scores, lyrics and libretti
Examining Blank Spaces and the Taylor Swift Phenomenon is available in Hardback
Examining Blank Spaces and the Taylor Swift Phenomenon was written by Keith Nainby and published by Lexington Books
Examining Blank Spaces and the Taylor Swift Phenomenon has 264 pages
Yes it is part of For the Record : Lexington Studies in Rock and Popular Music series
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