/newsroom/taxonomy/term/3899/all en /newsroom/will-straw Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23690 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/david-bowie-1947-2016-257681 <p>"Singer David Bowie, one of the most influential musicians of his era, has died of cancer at the age of 69." (Source: <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35278872">BBC</a>)</p> <h3><a href="http://willstraw.com/">Will Straw</a>, Department of Art History and Communication Studies, �㽶��Ƶ</h3> <blockquote> <p>“For too much of its history, rock music has been about masculinity. Bowie kept it about masculinity (his contributions with women seem to be few), but he upset dominant ideas about masculinity more than anyone else in rock.”<br /> —Will Straw</p></blockquote> Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:27:25 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25068 at /newsroom