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Why Pamper Life's Complexities? : Essays on the Smiths.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Music and Society SeriesPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (273 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780719095023
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Why Pamper Life's Complexities?DDC classification:
  • 782.42166092/2
LOC classification:
  • ML421.S614.W49 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
WHY PAMPER LIFE'S COMPLEXITIES?: ESSAYS ON THE SMITHS -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. 'WHY PAMPER LIFE'S COMPLEXITIES?': AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK: Sean Campbell and Colin Coulter -- 2. 'HAS THE WORLD CHANGED OR HAVE I CHANGED?': THE SMITHS AND THE CHALLENGE OF THATCHERISM: Joseph Brooker -- 3. 'IRISH BLOOD, ENGLISH HEART': AMBIVALENCE, UNEASE AND THE SMITHS: Sean Campbell -- 4. 'HEAVEN KNOWS WE'LL SOON BE DUST': CATHOLICISM AND DEVOTION IN THE SMITHS: Eoin Devereux -- 5. 'SING ME TO SLEEP': SUICIDE, PHILOSOPHY AND THE SMITHS: Kieran Cashell -- 6. 'A BOY IN THE BUSH': CHILDHOOD, SEXUALITY AND THE SMITHS: Sheila Whiteley -- 7. 'THIS WAY AND THAT WAY': TOWARD A MUSICAL POETICS OF THE SMITHS: Jonathan Hiam -- 8. 'I DON'T OWE YOU ANYTHING': THE SMITHS AND KITCHEN-SINK CINEMA: Cecília Mello -- 9. '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 -- 10. LAST NIGHT WE DREAMT THAT SOMEBODY LOVED US: SMITHS FANS (AND ME) IN THE LATE 1980S: Karl Maton -- 11. 'WHEN WE'RE IN YOUR SCHOLARLY ROOM': THE MEDIA, ACADEMIA AND THE SMITHS: Fergus Campbell -- 12. 'SO MUCH TO ANSWER FOR': WHAT DO THE SMITHS MEAN TO MANCHESTER?: Julian Stringer -- 13. 'TAKE ME BACK TO DEAR OLD BLIGHTY': ENGLISHNESS, POP AND THE SMITHS: Kari Kallioniemi -- 14. GUANTÁNAMO, HERE WE COME: OUT OF PLACE WITH THE SMITHS: Nabeel Zuberi -- Index.
Summary: In this, the first academic 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.
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WHY PAMPER LIFE'S COMPLEXITIES?: ESSAYS ON THE SMITHS -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. 'WHY PAMPER LIFE'S COMPLEXITIES?': AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK: Sean Campbell and Colin Coulter -- 2. 'HAS THE WORLD CHANGED OR HAVE I CHANGED?': THE SMITHS AND THE CHALLENGE OF THATCHERISM: Joseph Brooker -- 3. 'IRISH BLOOD, ENGLISH HEART': AMBIVALENCE, UNEASE AND THE SMITHS: Sean Campbell -- 4. 'HEAVEN KNOWS WE'LL SOON BE DUST': CATHOLICISM AND DEVOTION IN THE SMITHS: Eoin Devereux -- 5. 'SING ME TO SLEEP': SUICIDE, PHILOSOPHY AND THE SMITHS: Kieran Cashell -- 6. 'A BOY IN THE BUSH': CHILDHOOD, SEXUALITY AND THE SMITHS: Sheila Whiteley -- 7. 'THIS WAY AND THAT WAY': TOWARD A MUSICAL POETICS OF THE SMITHS: Jonathan Hiam -- 8. 'I DON'T OWE YOU ANYTHING': THE SMITHS AND KITCHEN-SINK CINEMA: Cecília Mello -- 9. '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 -- 10. LAST NIGHT WE DREAMT THAT SOMEBODY LOVED US: SMITHS FANS (AND ME) IN THE LATE 1980S: Karl Maton -- 11. 'WHEN WE'RE IN YOUR SCHOLARLY ROOM': THE MEDIA, ACADEMIA AND THE SMITHS: Fergus Campbell -- 12. 'SO MUCH TO ANSWER FOR': WHAT DO THE SMITHS MEAN TO MANCHESTER?: Julian Stringer -- 13. 'TAKE ME BACK TO DEAR OLD BLIGHTY': ENGLISHNESS, POP AND THE SMITHS: Kari Kallioniemi -- 14. GUANTÁNAMO, HERE WE COME: OUT OF PLACE WITH THE SMITHS: Nabeel Zuberi -- Index.

In this, the first academic 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.

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