03505oam 22006854a 450 991079874320332120190827040224.00-7190-9502-6(CKB)3710000000870182(MiAaPQ)EBC4705526(OCoLC)980556226(MdBmJHUP)muse59354(DE-B1597)660613(DE-B1597)9780719095023(EXLCZ)99371000000087018220110516d2010 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierWhy pamper life's complexities?Essays on The Smiths /edited by Sean Campbell and Colin CoulterNew York :Manchester University Press,2010.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE, 2017©2010.1 online resource (273 pages)Music and societyIncludes index.0-7190-7841-5 0-7190-7840-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.'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.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.Music and society (Series)Rock musicSocial aspectsEnglandElectronic books. Catholicism.Englishness.Manchester.Morrissey.Thatcherism.The Smiths.cultural iconography.kitchen-sink dramas.musical poetics.national identity.pop culture studies.popular culture.sexuality.suicide.Rock musicSocial aspects782.42166092/2Coulter Colin1966-800714Campbell Sean1971-1515713MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910798743203321Why pamper life's complexities3751683UNINA