“I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974

2012 doctoral thesis by Ian Charles Chapman at University of Otago
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“I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974

Summary

“I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 is a doctoral thesis[1].

Key Facts

  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 authored David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 — author (P50): Ian Chapman[2].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's instance of is recorded as David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 — instance of (P31): doctoral thesis[3].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's publisher is recorded as David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 — publisher (P123): OUR Archive[4].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's language of work or name is recorded as David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 — language of work or name (P407): English[5].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's country of origin is recorded as David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 — country of origin (P495): New Zealand[6].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's publication date is recorded as +2012-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's main subject is recorded as David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 — main subject (P921): glam rock[8].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's main subject is recorded as David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 — main subject (P921): David Bowie[9].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's main subject is recorded as David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 — main subject (P921): popular music[10].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's main subject is recorded as David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 — main subject (P921): visual analysis[11].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's work available at URL is recorded as https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/handle/10523/2509[12].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's Handle ID is recorded as 10523/2509[13].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's title is recorded as “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974[14].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's copyright holder is recorded as David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 — copyright holder (P3931): Ian Chapman[15].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's thesis submitted to is recorded as David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 — thesis submitted to (P4101): University of Otago[16].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): NZThesisProject[17].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's copyright status is recorded as David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 — copyright status (P6216): copyrighted[18].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's thesis committee member is recorded as David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 — thesis committee member (P9161): Alan Davison[19].
  • “I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's thesis committee member is recorded as David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 — thesis committee member (P9161): Suzanne Court[20].

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“I looked and frowned and the monster was me”: David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974's instance of is recorded as David Bowie’s progression from mod to freak as traced through his album covers, 1967-1974 — instance of (P31): doctoral thesis[3].

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