REVIEW | The Beatles and Fandom: Sex, Death and Progressive Nostalgia

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Keywords:

Beatles, Music Fandom, Popular Music

Abstract

Review of The Beatles and Fandom: Sex, Death and Progressive Nostalgia by Richard Mills (Bloomsbury, 2020).

Author Biography

Mark Duffett, Department of Music, Media and Performance University of Chester

Dr Mark Duffett is a Reader in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Chester. His research focuses on popular music fandom and Elvis Presley. Mark is the author of Understanding Fandom (Bloomsbury 2013) and has edited two books for Routledge on popular music fandom. He is currently co-writing a book with Dr Jon Hackett for Bloomsbury on popular music, masculinity and monstrosity.

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Duffett, M. 2013. Understanding Fandom. An Introduction to the Study of Media Fan Culture. London: Bloomsbury.

Ehrenreich, B. and Hess, E. and Jacobs, G. 1992. Beatlemania: Girls Just Want to Have Fun. In L. Lewis. Ed. The Adoring Audience. London: Routledge: 84–106.

Hebdige, D. 2013 (1978). Subculture: The Meaning of Style. Abingdon: Routledge.

MacDonald, I. 2008 (1994). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles Records and the 1960s. London: Vintage.

Marx, K. 1852. The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte: Chapter 1, 2006. Available at : https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm Accessed 18 Sept 2020.

Norman, P. 2005 (1981). The Beatles in their Generation: Shout! London: Fireside.

Videography

Blue Sunshine. 1978. Dir. Jeff Lieberman, Ellanby Films.

IASPM Journal Vol. 10, No.1 (2020)

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15-11-2020

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2020): Open Issue

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Reviews

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