Upping Your Ziggy
Subtitle: How David Bowie Used the Persona of Ziggy Stardust to Slay His Childhood Demons
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781782204909
Subjects: Psychoanalysis
Description: "In this new book psychologist Oliver James, bestselling author of They F*** You Up, Affluenza and Not in Your Genes, explores the mental illnesses that afflicted members of Bowie's family, and Bowie's fear that he too was destined for insanity. Through Ziggy Stardust, and other subsequent personas including Aladdin Sane and the Thin White Duke, Bowie engaged in an internal dialogue played out on an international stage. Eventually, he emerged as the emotionally healthy man he remained until his death in January 2016. Using Bowie's example, as well as cases from his work as a therapist, Oliver James shows how personas can benefit us all. We can convert the lead of childhood adversity into the gold of emotional health if we identify the roots of our many selves and choose who we become"--Back cover.