A Bowie family portrait : “a couple of kooks” + a baby

Alison Gill

A Bowie family portrait : “a couple of kooks” + a baby

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

![CDATA[With David Bowie’s death came grief and reflection on his musical and fashion legacies. Some remarked that the song “Kooks” gave a generation coming of age in the 1970s the courage to parent unconventionally. With its line, “a couple of kooks hung up on romancing”, the song implores the child (said to be Bowie’s recently born son, Zowie) to give his parents a chance. In photographs after Zowie’s birth in 1971, Bowie’s Oxford bags, Turkish shirt, embroidered felt hat and maternal poise hold the key to bending gender and parenting roles. This paper investigates the Bowie family’s styling as a portrait of bohemian parenting where anything seems possible.]]

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference, 14-17th December 2016, University of Sydney, Australia
Publisher	University of Sydney
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	Crossroads Conference (Cultural Studies) - Duration: 1 Jan 2016 → …

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Conference	Crossroads Conference (Cultural Studies)
Period	1/01/16 → …

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Bowie, David

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A Bowie family portrait : “a couple of kooks” + a baby

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