Research Catalog

Title

The Beatles in context / edited by Kenneth Womack.

Publication

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

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Details

Additional Authors

Womack, Kenneth

Description

xx, 351 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"Since their first performances in 1960, The Beatles' cultural influence grew in unparalleled ways. From Liverpool to Beatlemania, and from Dance Halls to Abbey Road Studios and the digital age, the band's impact exploded during their heyday, and has endured in the decades following their disbandment. Beatles fashion and celebrity culture, politics, Psychedelia and the Summer of Love, all highlight different aspects of the band's complex relationship with the world around them. With a wide range of short, snapshot chapters, The Beatles in Context brings together key themes in which to better explore The Beatles' lives and work and understand their cultural legacy, focusing on the people and places central to the Beatles' careers, the visual media that contributed to their enduring success, and the culture and politics of their time"--

Series Statement

Composers in context

Uniform Title

Composers in context.

Subject

• Beatles
• Beatles > Influence
• 1961-1970
• Popular music > 1961-1970 > History and criticism
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Popular music

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-341) and index.

Contents

Part I: Beatle people and Beatle places. Britain at Mid-Century and the Rise of the Beatles / Jude Southerland Kessler ; The Beatles in Liverpool / David Bedford ; The Beatles on the Reeperbahn / Spencer Leigh ; Brian Epstein, Beatlemania's Architect / Kenneth Womack ; "Love, Love, Love" : Tracing the Contours of the Beatles' Inner Circle / Kenneth L. Campbell -- Part II: The Beatles in performance. The Love There That's Sleeping : Guitars of the Early Beatles / Walter Everett ; The Beatles in Performance : From Dance Hall Days to Stadium Tours / Chuck Gunderson ; Beatlemania / Melissa Davis ; The End of the Road : the Beatles Decision to Stop Touring / David Venturo -- Part III: The Beatles on TV, film, and the Internet. From Juke Box Jury to The Ed Sullivan Show : Radio and TV - the Beatles' "Star-Making Machinery" / Al Sussman ; Projecting the Visuality of the Beatles : A Hard Day's Night and Help! / David Melbye ; Beatletoons : Moxie, Music, and the Media / Mitchell Axelrod ; Documentary, Rockumentary : Let It Be and the Rooftop Concert / Steve Matteo ; The Beatles Redux : The Anthology Series and the Video Age / Walter J. Podrazik ; Pop Goes the Internet / Allison J. Boron -- Part IV: The Beatles' sound. Abbey Road Studios / Brian Southall ; Producing Sound Pictures with Sir George Martin / Kenneth Womack ; Rock 'n' Roll Music! : The Beatles and the Rise of the Merseybeat / Anthony Robustelli ; Positively Bob Dylan : The Beatles and the Folk Movement / Kit O'Toole ; "Listen to the Colour of Your Dreams" : The Beatles Writ Psychedelic / Jason Kruppa ; Getting Back / Robert Rodriguez ; On the Record! : (Dis)Covering the Beatles / Jerry Zolten -- Part V: The Beatles as sociocultural and political touchstones. The Beatles, Fashion, and Cultural Iconography / Katie Kapurch ; The Rise of Celebrity Culture and Fanship with the Beatles in the 1960s / Jeffrey Roessner ; "Swinging London," Psychedelia, and the Summer of Love / Kathryn B. Cox ; Leaving the West Behind : The Beatles and India / Steve Hamelman -- Part VI: The Beatles' critical reception and cultural legacy . Phantom Band : The Beatles after the Beatles / Jacqueline Edmondson ; The Beatles, Apple, and the Business of Music Publishing / Stuart Rosenberg ; Rebooting Beatlemania in the Digital Age / Joe Rapolla ; The Beatles in the New Millennium / Michael R. Frontani.

Call Number

JME 21-519

ISBN

• 9781108419116
• 1108419119

LCCN

2019030340

OCLC

1110122312

Title

The Beatles in context / edited by Kenneth Womack.

Publisher

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Composers in context

Composers in context.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-341) and index.

Chronological Term

1961-1970

Added Author

Womack, Kenneth, editor.

Other Form:

Online version: The Beatles in context [1.] New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019. 9781108296939 (DLC) 2019030341

Research Call Number

JME 21-519