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Author : Eoin Devereux
Publisher : Intellect Books
ISBN 13 : 1841504173
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Morrissey written by Eoin Devereux and published by Intellect Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An influential star of British pop for more than three decades, Morrissey is known for his outspoken and often controversial views on class, ethnicity, and sexuality. Among critics and his many fans, he has long beenseen asan anti-establishment figure who continues to provoke devotion, argument, and spirited debate. This is the first collection of academic essays to focus exclusively on Morrissey s solo career, and this important book offers a nuanced and rich reading of his highly influential creative and cultural output. Covering a broad range of academic disciplines and approaches, including musicology, ethnography, sociology, and cultural studies, these essays will be a must for fans of Morrissey or the Smiths, or those seeking to make sense of the many fascinating complexities of this global icon and controversial figure."

Author : Paul Kingsbury
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317052366
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soundscapes of Wellbeing in Popular Music written by Paul Kingsbury and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unearthing the messy and sprawling interrelationships of place, wellbeing, and popular music, this book explores musical soundscapes of health, ranging from activism to international charity, to therapeutic treatments and how wellbeing is sought and attained in contexts of music. Drawing on critical social theories of the production, circulation, and consumption of popular music, the book gathers together diverse insights from geographers and musicologists. Popular music has become increasingly embedded in complex and often contradictory discourses of wellbeing. For instance, some new genres and sub-cultures of popular music are associated with violence, drug-use, and the angst of living, yet simultaneously define the hopes and dreams of millions of young people. At a service level, popular music is increasingly used as a therapeutic modality in holistic medicine, as well as in conventional health care and public health practice. The genre of popular music, then, is fundamental to human wellbeing as an active and central part of people’s emotional lives. By conceptually and empirically foregrounding place, this book demonstrates how - music whether from particular places, about particular places, or played in particular places ” is a crucial component of health and wellbeing.

Author : Johnny Rogan
Publisher : Omnibus Press
ISBN 13 : 0857127829
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Morrissey & Marr: The Severed Alliance written by Johnny Rogan and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morrissey & Marr: The Severed Alliance is among the most successful – and controversial – rock biographies ever published. Having denounced the book and called for the death of its author Johnny Rogan, Morrissey later did a U-turn and cited it as evidence in the royalty-related court case brought by Smiths drummer Mike Joyce.Now, 20 years after it was first published, Rogan has returned to his definitive Smiths biography to produce a completely revised edition based on new information and new interviews to add to the almost 100 initially conducted over a four-year period. Widely acclaimed as one rock’s leading writers, Johnny Rogan now brings yet more insight and analysis to his best-selling book that revealed, for the first time, the true and unsanitised story of The Smiths – the most important group of their generation.

Author : D. McKinney
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1495028933
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Morrissey FAQ written by D. McKinney and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MORRISSEY FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO ABOUT THIS CHARMING MAN

Author : David Bret
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9781861057877
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Morrissey written by David Bret and published by Franz Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 2004 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morrissey is Britain's most articulate singer-songwriter, a lyricist of aching loneliness and lacerating wit. His latest album, "You Are the Quarry," is one of his best solo efforts since the disbanding of the Smiths. Here, Morrissey's friends and entourage speak frankly about the reclusive pop idol.

Author : Henry Jenkins III
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822327370
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hop on Pop written by Henry Jenkins III and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVA major collection of fan-based cultural studies work, largely by a new generation of scholars./div

Author : John Riordan
Publisher : Ryland Peters & Small
ISBN 13 : 1912983397
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Music's Cult Artists written by John Riordan and published by Ryland Peters & Small. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love music? Love illustration? Want to know more about some of the best musicians ever to record – from Bowie and the Beastie Boys to The Smiths and St. Vincent? Then A Guide to Music's Cult Artists is for you.

Author : Mick Middles
Publisher : Omnibus Press
ISBN 13 : 085712773X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arcade Fire: Behind the Black Mirror written by Mick Middles and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a world-beating multi-instrumental band with a unique creative dynamic. Their story is compelling – a complex musical collaboration in an eight-piece band that has coalesced around Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. They have triumphed worldwide at festivals and stadiums whilst racking up three award-winning albums: Funeral, Neon Bible and The Suburbs. This is the story of a truly fascinating band whose music has always triumphed over the trappings of success.

Author : Len Brown
Publisher : Omnibus Press
ISBN 13 : 0857122401
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Meetings with Morrissey written by Len Brown and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2010-04-07 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morrissey is one of the most provocative, individual and controversial performers in popular music. From the formation of his Manchester band The Smiths in 1982, through to the imminent release of his 2008 solo album Years Of Refusal, his career has spanned 50 UK Top 40 singles and 20 UK Top 10 albums. Including previously unpublished encounters, Meetings with Morrissey gets behind the public image to tell Morrissey’s story in his own words and explore in fine detail the extraordinary subject matter of his songs. The book offers in-depth insight into the diverse artists Morrissey has celebrated, via lyrics or Smiths’ covers, including Patti Smith, Pat Phoenix, Billy Fury, Marc Bolan, James Dean and The New York Dolls. Above all, it focuses on Morrissey’s lifelong commitment to promoting the genius of Oscar Wilde. Len Brown, a former NME writer and television producer, has interviewed Morrissey more times than any journalist. He first saw The Smiths back in 1983 and became the first writer to interview the artist about the death of his band and the birth of his solo career in 1988.

Author : Sean Campbell
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1847794734
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why pamper life's complexities? written by Sean Campbell and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For five short years in the 1980s, a four-piece Manchester band released a collection of records that had undeniably profound effects on the landscape of popular music and beyond. Today, public and critical appreciation of The Smiths is at its height, yet the most important British band after The Beatles have rarely been subject to sustained academic scrutiny. Why pamper life’s complexities?: Essays on The Smiths seeks to remedy this by bringing together diverse research disciplines to place the band in a series of enlightening social, cultural and political contexts as never before. Topics covered by the essays range from class, sexuality, Catholicism, Thatcherism, regional and national identities, to cinema, musical poetics, suicide and fandom. Lyrics, interviews, the city of Manchester, cultural iconography and the cult of Morrissey are all considered anew. The essays breach the standard confines of music history, rock biography and pop culture studies to give a sustained critical analysis of the band that is timely and illuminating. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in the fields of sociology, literature, geography, cultural and media studies. It is also intended for a wider audience of those interested in the enduring appeal of one of the most complex and controversial bands. Accessible and original, these essays will help to contextualise the lasting cultural legacy of The Smiths.