Bowie: after 40 years have we moved on from Ziggy?
On the year of his 65th birthday, Celebrity Studies takes a look at Bowie’s relationship with the media, his alter- egos, public perceptions and who he is now. But Bowie has entered media silence about his many selves – to what end? When Bowie created Ziggy Stardust he turned the usual media/celebrity relationship upside down. Instead of using media to showcase his real self, he deployed an alter-ego: Ziggy, the glam-rock star. Then came Aladdin Sane, when Ziggy ‘went’ to America. But in subsequent musical