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Titolo: | Reading the Beatles [[electronic resource] ] : cultural studies, literary criticism, and the Fab Four / / edited by Kenneth Womack and Todd F. Davis |
Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2006 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | xi, 249 p |
Disciplina: | 782.42166/092/2 |
Soggetto topico: | Rock music - England - History and criticism |
Music - Social aspects | |
Altri autori: | WomackKenneth DavisTodd F. <1965-> |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | "Speaking words of wisdom" : the Beatles' poetics. "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together" : Bakhtin and the Beatles / Ian Marshall ; From "craft" to "art" : formal structure in the music of the Beatles / John Covach ; "Love, love, love" : representations of gender and sexuality in selected songs by the Beatles / Sheila Whiteley ; Painting their room in a colorful way : the Beatles' exploration of timbre / Walter Everett -- "A splendid time is guaranteed for all" : theorizing the Beatles. Mythology, remythology, and demythology : the Beatles on film / Kenneth Womack and Todd F. Davis ; Vacio luminoso : "Tomorrow never knows" and the coherence of the impossible / Russell Reising ; The spectacle of alienation : death, loss, and the crowd in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / William M. Northcutt ; We all want to change the world : postmodern politics and the Beatles' White album / Jeffrey Roessner -- "We can work it out" : the Beatles and culture. "The rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry" : the Beatles and questions of mass and high culture / Paul Gleed ; A universal childhood : tourism, pilgrimage, and the Beatles / Kevin McCarron ; "Baby, you're a rich man" : the Beatles, ideology, and the cultural moment / James M. Decker ; Spinning the historical record : Lennon, McCartney, and museum politics / John Kimsey -- Afterword : I want to hold your hand / Jane Tompkins. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Addresses the band's resounding impact on how we think about gender, popular culture, and the formal and poetic qualities of music. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Reading the Beatles |
ISBN: | 0-7914-8196-4 |
1-4237-5614-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910823355303321 |
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