1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798743203321

Titolo

Why pamper life's complexities? : Essays on The Smiths / / edited by Sean Campbell and Colin Coulter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Manchester University Press, , 2010

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2017

©2010

ISBN

0-7190-9502-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 pages)

Collana

Music and society

Altri autori (Persone)

CoulterColin <1966->

CampbellSean <1971->

Disciplina

782.42166092/2

Soggetti

Rock music - Social aspects - England

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

'Why pamper life's complexities?' : an introduction to the book / Sean Campbell and Colin Coulter -- 'Has the world changed or have I changed?' : The Smiths and the challenge of Thatcherism / Joseph Brooker -- 'Irish blood, English heart' : ambivalence, unease and The Smiths / Sean Campbell -- 'Heaven knows we'll soon be dust' : Catholicism and devotion in The Smiths / Eoin Devereux -- 'Sing me to sleep' : suicide, philosophy and The Smiths / Kieran Cashell -- 'A boy in the bush' : childhood, sexualitiy and The Smiths / Sheila Whiteley -- 'This way and that way' : toward a musical poetics of The Smiths / Jonathan Hiam -- 'I don't owe you anything' : The Smiths and kitchen-sink cinema / Cecília Mello -- 'A double bed and a stalwart lover for sure' : The Smiths, the death of pop and the not so hidden injuries of class / Colin Coulter -- Last night we dreamt that somebody loved us : Smiths fans (and me) in the late 1980s / Karl Maton -- 'When we're in your scholarly room' : the media, academia, and The Smiths / Fergus Campbell -- 'So much to answer for' : what do The Smiths mean to Manchester? / Julian Stringer -- 'Take me back to dear old Blighty' : Englishness, pop and The Smiths / Kari Kallioniemi -- Guantánamo, here we come : out of place with The Smiths / Nabeel Zuberi.



Sommario/riassunto

In this text devoted to the Smiths, writers from a range of perspectives set out to consider the cultural significance and enduring appeal of one of the most influential and controversial bands of recent decades.

2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00021497

Autore

BEEK, Martin A.

Titolo

Atlas of Mesopotamia : a survey of the history and civilisation of Mesopotamia from the stone age to the fall of Babylon / Martin A. Beek ; Traslated by D.R. Welsh, M.A. ; edited by H.H. Rowley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London -Amsterdam, : Nelson, 1962 164 p. ; 35 cm

Classificazione

MES I

ATL V

Soggetti

MESOPOTAMIA - ATLANTI STORICI

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia