Why pamper life's complexities?
Subtitle: essays on the Smiths
By: edited by Sean Campbell and Colin Coulter
Series: Music and society; Music and society (Series)
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Manchester [Eng.]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780719078415; 9780719078408
Subjects: Rock music; Smiths (Musical group)
Other titles: Essays on the Smiths
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 'Why pamper life's complexities?' : an introduction to the book / Sean Campbell and Colin Coulter; title: 'Has the world changed or have I changed?' : The Smiths and the challenge of Thatcherism / Joseph Brooker; title: 'Irish blood, English heart' : ambivalence, unease and The Smiths / Sean Campbell; title: 'Heaven knows we'll soon be dust' : Catholicism and devotion in The Smiths / Eoin Devereux; title: 'Sing me to sleep' : suicide, philosophy and The Smiths / Kieran Cashell; title: 'A boy in the bush' : childhood, sexualitiy and The Smiths / Sheila Whiteley; title: 'This way and that way' : toward a musical poetics of The Smiths / Jonathan Hiam; title: 'I don't owe you anything' : The Smiths and kitchen-sink cinema / Cecília Mello; title: '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; title: Last night we dreamt that somebody loved us : Smiths fans (and me) in the late 1980s / Karl Maton; title: 'When we're in your scholarly room' : the media, academia, and The Smiths / Fergus Campbell; title: 'So much to answer for' : what do The Smiths mean to Manchester? / Julian Stringer; title: 'Take me back to dear old Blighty' : Englishness, pop and The Smiths / Kari Kallioniemi; title: Guantánamo, here we come : out of place with The Smiths / Nabeel Zuberi.