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Why pamper life's complexities? : Essays on The Smiths /

In this 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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Coulter, Colin, 1966-, Campbell, Sean, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 'Why pamper life's complexities?' : an introduction to the book / Sean Campbell and Colin Coulter
  • 'Has the world changed or have I changed?' : The Smiths and the challenge of Thatcherism / Joseph Brooker
  • 'Irish blood, English heart' : ambivalence, unease and The Smiths / Sean Campbell
  • 'Heaven knows we'll soon be dust' : Catholicism and devotion in The Smiths / Eoin Devereux
  • 'Sing me to sleep' : suicide, philosophy and The Smiths / Kieran Cashell
  • 'A boy in the bush' : childhood, sexualitiy and The Smiths / Sheila Whiteley
  • 'This way and that way' : toward a musical poetics of The Smiths / Jonathan Hiam
  • 'I don't owe you anything' : The Smiths and kitchen-sink cinema / Cecília Mello
  • '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
  • Last night we dreamt that somebody loved us : Smiths fans (and me) in the late 1980s / Karl Maton
  • 'When we're in your scholarly room' : the media, academia, and The Smiths / Fergus Campbell
  • 'So much to answer for' : what do The Smiths mean to Manchester? / Julian Stringer
  • 'Take me back to dear old Blighty' : Englishness, pop and The Smiths / Kari Kallioniemi
  • Guantánamo, here we come : out of place with The Smiths / Nabeel Zuberi.