Why Pamper Life's Complexities? - Essays on the Smiths (Hardcover)

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. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Music and Society
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	2011
Editors:	Sean Campbell • Colin Coulter
Index compiled by:	Martin Hargreaves
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-7840-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Music > Composers & musicians
LSN:	0-7190-7840-7
Barcode:	9780719078408

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