Who you think I am? : masks in pop music /

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Translated from the German."The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content"Includes blibliographical references (pages 159-173).From face to mask: introduction -- Pop games, pop people, pop masks -- The double persona: pop subject and mask -- The mask as a semantic puzzle -- Who speaks through the mask? -- From inside to outside -- The unmoving face: coolness -- Distance and empowerment -- Conduct of coolness -- The backside of hte mask: anonymity -- Privacy in the (inverted) panopticon -- The paradoxical anonymity of the well-known -- The mask as logo: style community and series -- At the campfire of the style community -- The mask in serial production -- Me and no mask: unmaskings -- The mask as a procedure -- Sido and his mask -- The unmoving face II: mask and death -- Death rituals and the culture industry -- Womanliness instead of masquerade: gendered masks -- The hidden woman in pop -- Genders of the second order -- Conclusion: from face to mask to avatar?"Pop stars are close to us. In their songs, their pictures, their stories on Instagram. What we are looking for is an authentic impression. Real feelings on real faces. But what happens when they cover their face with a mask? Permanently, as a second face. The phenomenon can be found in the mainstream as well as in the underground. The mask does not break with the ideal of authenticity. Rather, depending on how it is staged, it refers to the most diverse discourses, can appear cool or grotesque, become a logo or create anonymity. The essay uses mainly two examples (Sido, Slipknot) to show how the mask constructs the persona of pop stars - and thus reveals structures of pop music." --