The Beatles, Popular Music and Society
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The Beatles, Popular Music and Society

A Thousand Voices

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The Beatles, Popular Music and Society

A Thousand Voices

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More has been written about the Beatles than any other performing artists of the twentieth century. Accounts of their lives and times have been retold, reproduced and reinvented to the extent that their achievements have passed into contemporary folklore and popular mythology. What has been surprisingly absent, however, is any sustained critical investigation of the numerous debates and issues the group provoked. This book provides that long overdue analysis, by seeking to present the academic study of the Beatles in its appropriate contexts - historical, political, musical and sociological. Consisting entirely of newly commissioned articles and written by an international group of scholars, its contents challenge many of the traditional assumptions about the Beatles and offer fresh and provocative insights into the nature of their success and its continuing influence. It is essential reading for those wishing to understand not only the phenomenon of the Beatles but also the cultural environment within which popular music continues to be practised and studied.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2016
ISBN
9781349622108

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Tables and Figures
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Notes on the Contributors
  10. Introduction: A Thousand Voices
  11. 1 Men of Ideas? Popular Music, Anti-intellectualism and the Beatles
  12. 2 Coming out of the Rhetoric of 'Merseybeat': Conversations with Joe Flannery
  13. 3 The Beatles and the Spectacle of Youth
  14. 4 Lennon-McCartney and the Early British Invasion, 1964-66
  15. 5 From Me to You: Austerity to Profligacy in the Language of the Beatles
  16. 6 The Postmodern White Album
  17. 7 You Can't Do That: the Beatles, Artistic Freedom and Censorship
  18. 8 Tell Me What You See: the Influence and Impact of the Beatles' Movies
  19. 9 The Celebrity Legacy of the Beatles
  20. 10 Refab Four: Beatles for Sale in the Age of Music Video
  21. 11 'Sitting in an English Garden': Comparing Representations of Britishncss in the Songs of the Beatles and 1990s Britpop Groups
  22. Index