Book contents
- The World of Leonard Cohen
- The World of Leonard Cohen
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part ICreative Life
- Part IIMusical Contexts
- Part IIIReligious Contexts
- Part IVCultural Contexts
- Part VReception and Legacy
- Chapter 19“You Know Who I Am”
- Chapter 20Documentary (Re)presentations
- Chapter 21“I’ll Wear a Mask for You”
- Chapter 22How to Be an Aged Rock Star
- Chapter 23Covers
- Chapter 24The Archives
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 20 - Documentary (Re)presentations
“You Know Who I Am”
from Part V - Reception and Legacy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 January 2026
Book contents
- The World of Leonard Cohen
- The World of Leonard Cohen
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part ICreative Life
- Part IIMusical Contexts
- Part IIIReligious Contexts
- Part IVCultural Contexts
- Part VReception and Legacy
- Chapter 19“You Know Who I Am”
- Chapter 20Documentary (Re)presentations
- Chapter 21“I’ll Wear a Mask for You”
- Chapter 22How to Be an Aged Rock Star
- Chapter 23Covers
- Chapter 24The Archives
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
Leonard Cohen has been the subject of at least five video documentaries about his life and work, beginning as early as 1965, with Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen, and continuing up to the present with Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love (2019). These different narratives of Cohen’s life give us conflicting perspectives, and this chapter explores how they respond to different cultural moments and how they construct differing images of Cohen’s life and work.
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- The World of Leonard Cohen , pp. 300 - 312Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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