Music, Memory and Memoir
- Editor: Edgar, Robert
- Editor: Mann, Fraser
- Editor: Pleasance, Helen
Skilfully fuses the several storytelling perspectives that emerge within the featured memoirs ... The collection quite ably underlines why our music experiences shape our identities, which is... — More…
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Contents
- Introduction - Robert Edgar, Fraser Mann and Helen Pleasance Part One: Readings
- 1. Hiatus: Music, Memory and Liminal Authenticity Robert Edgar, York St John University, UK
- 2. Paying More Close Anxious Attention to Joy Division Helen Pleasance, York St John University, UK
- 3. Portrait of the Artist as an Indie Star: Kristin Hersh and the Memoir of Process Fraser Mann, York St John University, UK
- 4. Poet Is Priest: Julian H Cope's Subversive Biography Nathan Wiseman-Trowse, University of Northampton, UK
- 5. Grace Jones: Cyborg Memoirist Janine Bradbury, York St John University, UK
- 6. "Walking the Dead": Memory and Self-Reflexive Intertextuality in Late-Style David Bowie Kevin Holm-Hudson, University of Kentucky, USA
- 7. Memory, Graffiti and The Libertines: A Walk Down "Up the Bracket Alley" Ben Halligan, University of Wolverhampton, UK
- 8. Reading Lyrics, Hearing Prose: Morrissey's Autobiography Laura Watson, University of Maynooth, Ireland
- 9. 'Glory Days': Memory-Related Processes and the Performance of Memory in the Work of Bruce Springsteen Nicola Spelman, University of Salford, UK Part Two: Recollections
- 10. Time Machines Barbara Frost, Independent Scholar, UK
- 11. Meeting Your Idols 1: Growing Up Addicted in York Karen Woodall, Independent Scholar, UK
- 12. Meeting Your Idols 2: Teenage Dreams Steve Leedale, Independent Scholar, UK
- 13. Meeting your Idols 3: The Soldier in the Box Kate Ramsay, Independent Scholar, UK
- 14. Meeting your Idols 4: Culture Clash Peter Cook, Independent Scholar, UK
- 15. Meeting Your Idols 5: Goodbye Tupac Jerry Ibbotson, Independent Scholar, UK
- 16. "What do I do now?": Encountering Ourselves in Music Memoirs Jon Stewart, BIMM, UK, Benjamin Halligan, University of Wolverhampton, UK, and Louise Wener, Musician
- 17. The Sacred Scrolls of Pop Henry Priestman, Independent Artist, UK
- 18. Exploding the Myth Tom Hingley, Independent Artist, UK
- 19. Remembrance Sunday Bill Drummond, Independent Artist, UK
- 20. Confessions of Metal and Folk: Remembering and Contextualizing the Creative Process Kimi Karki, University of Turku, Finland Notes on
- Contributors
- References
- Index