The Traitor and the Stowaway: Persona Construction and the Quest for Cultural Anonymity and Cultural Relevance in the Trajectories of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen

While wide apart in terms of cultural heritage and creative energy, Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan reconfigured the figure of the oral poet as a cultural hero for the age of the mass media as they defined their basic postures – the (non)protest-singer as prophet and agent provocateur and the troubadour...

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Main Author: Christophe Lebold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Association for the Study of Popular Music 2010-01-01
Series:IASPM Journal
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Online Access:https://iaspmjournal.net/index.php/IASPM_Journal/article/view/322/551