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Elvis Costello and Thatcherism: A Psycho-Social Exploration

Elvis Costello and Thatcherism: A Psycho-Social Exploration

  • Author: Ormrod, Richard
  • Author: Pilgrim, David
This is a book full of rich and original arguments ... and it provides insightful perspectives on popular culture's relationship to Thatcherism in the 1980s as well as its continuing legacy

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Contents

  • Contents: Introduction
  • Thatcher and Costello: setting the scene
  • Interpreting Costello's early music
  • Nostalgia denied
  • Race and nation
  • The special relationship with the USA
  • The post-feminist context
  • The music industry
  • Costello and postmodernism
  • Macbeth at the foam party
  • References
  • Index.