Reading the Beatles
Subtitle: cultural studies, literary criticism, and the Fab Four
By: edited by Kenneth Womack, Todd F. Davis.
Contributors: Womack, Kenneth.; Davis, Todd F., 1965-
Publisher: State University of New York Press; SUNY Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Beatles; Rock music -- England -- History and criticism; Music -- Social aspects
Description: Part I:'Speaking the words of wisdom': the Beatles' poetics - Part II: 'A splendid time is guaranteed for all': theorizing the Beatles - Part III: 'We can work it out': the Beatles and culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: title: "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; title: "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; title: "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; title: Afterword : I want to hold your hand / Jane Tompkins.