New critical perspectives on the Beatles : things we said today / Kenneth Womack, Katie Kapurch, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Womack, Kenneth, editor.

Kapurch, Katie, 1983- editor.

Series:

Pop music, culture and identity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beatles.

Rock music--England--History and criticism.

Rock music.

England.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxv, 285 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

[London] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Summary:

The Beatles are probably the most photographed band in history and are the subject of numerous biographical studies, but a surprising dearth of academic scholarship addresses the Fab Four. This book offers a collection of original, previously unpublished essays that explore new aspects of the Beatles. The interdisciplinary collection situates the band in its historical moment of the 1960s, but argues for artistic innovation and cultural ingenuity that account for the Beatles' lasting popularity today.

Contents:

Preface. How did they do it? / Walter J. Podrazik

1. Introduction: making it new with the Beatles / Kenneth Womack

Part I. The Beatles in/as History: 2. Getting better : the Beatles and the Angry Young Men / M atthew Schneider; 3. Mystery trips : English gardens, Mystery trips, and Songs your mother should know : the Beatles and British nostalgia in 1967 / Kathryn B. Cox; 4. Blackbird singing : Paul McCartney's romance of racial harmony and post-racial America / Katie Kapurch and Jon Marc Smith

Part II. Artistry and the Beatles: 5. Beatle country: a bluegrass "concept album" from 1966 / Laura Turner; 6. Spatial counterpoint and the impossible experience of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / Gabriel Lubell; 7. "Blue Jay Way" : the imagery of pure consciousness in select Beatles songs / Gayatri Devi; 8. George Harrison and the influence of American popular song / David Thurmaier

Part III. Fandom and the Beatles: 9. The Beatles Christmas records

Unwrapped : a closer look at the fan club discs / Tony Paglia; 10. "She said she said" : how women have transformed from fans to authors in Beatles history / Kit O'Toole; 11. Crying, waiting, hoping : the Beatles, girl culture, and the melodramatic mode / Katie Kapurch; 12. Revolution 2.0 : Beatle fan scholarship and the Digital Age / Jeffrey Roessner

Part IV. Teaching and Writing the Beatles: 13. The Beatles in the classroom : John, Paul, George, and Ringo go to college / Punch Shaw; 14. The John Lennon series and "factional" narrative biography / Jude Southerland Kessler.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137570123

1137570121

OCLC:

934194736

Publisher Number:

9781137570123

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