A longstanding, successful and frequently controversial career spanning more than four decades establishes David Bowie as charged with contemporary cultural relevance. That David Bowie has influenced many lives is undeniable to his fans. He requisitions and challenges his audiences, through frequently indirect lyrics and images, to critically question sanity, identity and essentially what it means to be 'us' and why we are here. Enchanting David Bowie explores David Bowie as an anti-temporal figure and argues that we need to understand him across the many media platforms and art spaces he intersects with including theatre, film, television, the web, exhibition, installation, music, lyrics, video, and fashion. This exciting collection is organized according to the key themes of space, time, body, and memory - themes that literally and metaphorically address the key questions and intensities of his output.

Introduction: Toija Cinque, Christopher Moore and Sean RedmondList of ContributorsIntroductionSection One: SpaceSection IntroductionChapter 1: Keeping Space Fantastic: The Transformative Journey of Major TomMichael Lupro, Portland State University, USAChapter 2: Ziggy's Urban Alienation : Assembling the Heroic OutsiderIan Chapman, The University of Otago, New ZealandChapter 3: Desperately Seeking Bowie: How Berlin Bowie Tourism Transcends the SacredJennifer Otter and John Sparrowhawk, University of East London, UKChapter 4: Confronting Bowie's Mysterious CorpsesTanja Stark, Manager, Canasta Studio, Brisbane, AustraliaSection Two: TimeSection Introduction Chapter 5: Time Again: The David Bowie ChronotopeWill Brooker, Kingston University, UKChapter 6: Bowie's Covers: the Artist as ModernistDavid Baker, Griffith University, Brisbane, AustraliaChapter 7: Ain't There One Damn Flag That Can Make Me Break Down and Cry?: The Formal, Performative and Emotional Tactics of Bowie's Singular Critical Anthem 'Young Americans'Amedeo D'Adamo, University of Switzerland (It) and the Universita Cattolica, ItalyChapter 8: 2004 (Bowie vs Mashup) Christopher Moore, Deakin University, AustraliaSection Three: BodySection IntroductionChapter 9: The Eyes of David Bowie Kevin Hunt, Nottingham Trent University, UK Chapter 10: Semantic Shock: David BowieToija Cinque, Deakin University, Australia Chapter 11: The Whiteness of David Bowie Sean Remond, Deakin University, AustraliaChapter 12: David Bowie is ... CustomizingHelene Thian, University of the Arts London/London College of Fashion Postgraduate Programme, UKSection Four: MemorySection Introduction Chapter 13: He's Not There: Velvet Goldmine and the Specters of David BowieGlenn D'Cruz, Deakin University, AustraliaChapter 14: Between Sound and Vision: Low and SenseDene October, University Arts London, UKChapter 15: Where Are We Now?: Walls and memory in David Bowie's BerlinsTiffany Naiman, University of California, Los Angeles, USAChapter 16: 'You never knew that, that I could do that': Bowie, Video Art and the Search for Potsdammer PlatzDaryl Perrins, University of Glamorgan, UK