Reading the Beatles: Cultural Studies, Literary Criticism, and the Fab Four

READING THE BEATLES......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 12
Introduction: “Dear Sir or Madam,Will You Read My Book?”    KENNETH WOMACK AND TODD F. DAVIS......Page 14
Part 1. “Speaking words of wisdom”The Beatles’ Poetics......Page 20
1. “I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together   ”Bakhtin and the Beatles......Page 22
2. From “Craft” to “Art”: Formal Structure in the Music of the Beatles......Page 50
3. “Love, love, love” Representations of Gender and Sexuality in Selected Songs by the Beatles......Page 68
4. Painting Their Room in a Colorful Way: The Beatles’ Exploration of Timbre......Page 84
Part II. “A splendid time is guaranteed for all”: Theorizing the Beatles......Page 108
5. Mythology, Remythology, and Demythology: The Beatles on Film......Page 110
6. Vacio Luminoso: “Tomorrow Never Knows” and the Coherence of the Impossible......Page 124
7. The Spectacle of Alienation: Death, Loss, and the Crowd in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band......Page 142
8. We All Want to Change the World: Postmodern Politics and the Beatles’ White Album......Page 160
Part III. “We can work it out”: The Beatles and Culture......Page 172
9. “The rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry: ”The Beatles and Questions of Mass and High Culture......Page 174
10.A Universal Childhood: Tourism, Pilgrimage, and the Beatles......Page 182
11.“Baby You’re a Rich Man”: The Beatles, Ideology, and the Cultural Moment......Page 196
12. Spinning the Historical Record: Lennon, McCartney, and Museum Politics......Page 210
Afterword: I Want to Hold Your Hand......Page 228
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 234
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 246
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K......Page 255
M......Page 256
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