John Lennon imagined
Subtitle: cultural history of a rock star
By: Janne Mäkelä
Series: Music/meanings -- v. 4
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: Lennon, John, -- 1940-1980; Beatles; Rock musicians -- England -- Biography; Fame -- Social aspects
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-285) and index
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: The genesis of the Beatles' breakthrough; value: To be a Beatle : John Lennon as a star during Beatlemania, 1963-1966; value: Changing popular music stardom of the 1960s; value: Signs of John Lennon's rock stardom; value: John Lennon, rock culture, and the imperative of activism in the late 1960s; value: Re-locating a star identity in the 1970s; value: Stardom and death; value: Conclusion : imagine a rock star