Book contents
- The World of Bob Dylan
- The World of Bob Dylan
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Time to Say Goodbye Again
- Part I Creative Life
- Part II Musical Contexts
- Part III Cultural Contexts
- Part IV Political Contexts
- Part V Reception and Legacy
- Chapter 24 The Bob Dylan Brand
- Chapter 25 The Nobel Prize: The Dramaturgy of Consecration
- Chapter 26 Dylan: Stardom and Fandom
- Chapter 27 The Bob Dylan Archive®
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 24 - The Bob Dylan Brand
from Part V - Reception and Legacy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2021
- The World of Bob Dylan
- The World of Bob Dylan
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Time to Say Goodbye Again
- Part I Creative Life
- Part II Musical Contexts
- Part III Cultural Contexts
- Part IV Political Contexts
- Part V Reception and Legacy
- Chapter 24 The Bob Dylan Brand
- Chapter 25 The Nobel Prize: The Dramaturgy of Consecration
- Chapter 26 Dylan: Stardom and Fandom
- Chapter 27 The Bob Dylan Archive®
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
The purpose of this chapter is to explore the relationship between Bob Dylan and branding, a task that requires disentangling three powerful myths. Myth one is the colossus of Bob Dylan himself, a musician whose ascent to legendary status happened almost simultaneously with his debut and who casts the longest shadow over everything, especially himself. Myth two concerns the 1960s, times that continue to possess and occupy Dylan as both hostage and host. And myth three: the brand in all its power and plasticity, capable of restructuring businesses and rewriting history, of refashioning the world in its image.
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- The World of Bob Dylan , pp. 289 - 298Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021