Women’s History of the Beatles

AvChristine Feldman-Barrett

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Winner of the 2022 Open Publication Prize by the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-ANZ)A Women’s History of the Beatles is the first book to offer a detailed presentation of the band’s social and cultural impact as understood through the experiences and lives of women. Drawing on a mix of interviews, archival research, textual analysis, and autoethnography, this scholarly work depicts how the Beatles have profoundly shaped and enriched the lives of women, while also reexamining key, influential female figures within the group’s history.Organized topically based on key themes important to the Beatles story, each chapter uncovers the varied and multifaceted relationships women have had with the band, whether face-to-face and intimately or parasocially through mediated, popular culture. Set within a socio-historical context that charts changing gender norms since the early 1960s, these narratives consider how the Beatles have affected women’s lives across three generations. Providing a fresh perspective of a well-known tale, this is a cultural history that moves far beyond the screams of Beatlemania to offer a more comprehensive understanding of what the now iconic band has meant to women over the course of six decades.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-02-24
Mått:152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt:368 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781501375941
Utmärkelser:Winner of Open Publication Prize 2022 (United States)

Utforska kategorier

Populärmusik inom Kultur
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Tonsättare och låtskrivare inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Christine Feldman-Barrett is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University, Australia, and is a member of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research. She is the author of ‘We are the Mods’: A Transnational History of a Youth Subculture (2009), the first scholarly book dedicated to the history and global reach of Mod culture, and the editor of Lost Histories of Youth Culture (2015). She has published on topics of youth culture history in various collected volumes and in the Journal of Youth Studies, Space and Culture, Feminist Media Studies, and Popular Music and Society.

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A groundbreaking addition to the band’s endless bibliography that documents how female fans created, cultivated and continue to ensure the band’s legacy

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations AcknowledgmentsIntroducing A Women’s History of the Beatles1. “Remember Me:” Stories from Merseyside2. With the Beatles: A Fan History 3. “Don’t Blame it On Yoko”: Wives and Girlfriends in the Beatles Fairy Tale 4. “Free as a Bird”: Music-Making and the Liberatory Beatlesque 5. “Think For Yourself”: Entrepreneurs and Intellectuals Conclusion: Beatles History, Women’s Lives Notes Bibliography Index