ABSTRACT

Throughout his five-decade career, David Bowie played the role of pop star, sophisticated actor, alien from Mars, Berlin dweller and more. His propensity for change established a star identity that challenged societal norms, creating a new representation of the English identity that was rarely seen in mainstream media. This research explores how David Bowie, framed as an actor rather than a musician, used his celebrity status to project new types of English characters on-screen.This article applies theories of Englishness, cultural studies and star and celebrity studies to Bowie’s performance as Ziggy Stardust in the film Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars [The Motion Picture], tracking how his performance queers the stereotypical English nationality seen on screen during the post-war years. This research uses a mixture of semiotics and contextual analysis to explore how David Bowie, as a celebrated face in British pop culture, rejects the modern romanticism of Englishness and illustrates how Bowie’s performance is constructed to challenge our understanding of Englishness through media texts and challenging the connotations associated with English masculinity, sexuality and otherness.

摘要

在他五年的职业生涯中，大卫鲍伊扮演了流行歌星、老练演员、火星外星人、柏林居民等角色。他的变革倾向建立了一个挑战社会规范的明星身份，创造了一种在主流媒体中很少见的英国身份的新代表。这项研究探讨了大卫鲍伊（David Bowie）如何利用他的名人身份在银幕上投射新型英语角色。本文将英国性、文化研究以及明星和名人研究的理论应用于鲍伊作为 Ziggy 的表演电影中的 星尘 Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars [电影]，跟踪他的表演如何使战后年代在银幕上看到的刻板的英国国籍变得古怪。本研究采用符号学和语境分析相结合的方式来探索大卫鲍伊作为英国流行文化中的著名面孔如何拒绝现代浪漫主义的英国性，并说明鲍伊的表演是如何构建的，以通过媒体文本挑战我们对英国性的理解并挑战与英国男子气概、性欲和其他性相关的内涵。