Rereading musicians and their audiences popular music autobiographies / edited by Tom Attah, Kirsty Fairclough, and Christian Lloyd.

Other author Attah, Tom
Other author Fairclough, Kirsty
Other author Lloyd, Christian
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.
Descriptionviii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
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Contents Introduction. New Selves, New Stories, New Scenes / Tom Attah, Kirsty Fairclough, and Christian Lloyd -- Part I. Navigating Personal and Cultural Histories. Remixing Popular Music History : Two Producer Perspectives from 2022 / Mike Alleyne ; 'Frost and Fire' : Autobiographical Reticence in The Work of Tracey Thorn and Others / Peter Clandfield ; Rita Lee and the Phantom : Visible Editing and Experimental Technique in Women's Autobiography / Ana Leorne ; Re-evaluating the Past : Reclaiming Oppositional Popular Music Scenes Through Female Musicians' Autobiographical Writing / Sini Timonen ; Handcuffed to Andy Warhol, Meeting Madonna at Live Aid, Hell Bent for Leather at Fire Island : Considering Queerness in Rob Halford's "Confess" and "Biblical" Autobiographies / Mike Wyeld -- Part II. Experimental, Multi-Modal, and Digital Narratives. 'We're brown and nobody knows where the Philippines is' : Cultural Identity in Fanny's Virtual Autobiography / Carljohnson Anacin ; High Blues Fidelity : The Fragmentary Autobiography of 'Queen' Victoria Spivey (1906-76) / Lawrence Davies ; A Life Spent Chasing the Band : Female Fans' Autobiographies / Mark Duffett ; Graphically Speaking : CUD, Graphic Memoir, Indie Authenticity, and Autofiction / Robert Edgar ; 'You'll need a good companion for this part of the ride' : Navigating Bruce Springsteen's sonic persona in the Born to Run audiobook / Richard Elliott ; 'You are the only one who gets to decide what you will be remembered for' : Fan Mediations of Autobiographical Lyrics in the Context of Taylor Swift's Digital Presence / Hannah Judson and Nas Ferns --
Contents Part III. Cultural Memory And Legacy : Musicians And Their Posthumous Or Rematerialised Lives. Popular Musicians' Homes as Rematerialised Autobiography : Jones, Jagger, Richards, Phelge, Lennon, McCartney / Christian Lloyd ; Gloria, Jennifer, and Camila : The Autobiographical Writing of Latinx pop Divas on Social Media from a Historiographic and Intersectional Perspective / Igor Lemos Moreira ; Autobiography, Genealogy, and Anthology: The Beatles and Autobiography - 'The Beat Goes On' / Kenneth Longden ; Retro-Futuristic 'ABBAtars' : Interpreting New Performer-Audience Relationships / Abigail May Parker ; 'You Know I'm No Good' : Cultural Memory, Archive, Ephemera, and (Re)writing the Legacy of Amy Winehouse / Leanne Weston -- Part IV. Performance, Identity, and Self-Representation in Music. 'A tidal wave of dopesickness' : Addiction, Music and Pathography in Mark Lanegan's Sing Backwards and Weep / Fraser Mann ; 'It's not an imitation, it's a becoming' : Lady Gaga's Wildean Self-Representations / Victoria Roskams ; Turbulent Flow : Autobiography through Family in the Lyrics of Kendrick Lamar / Sameer Thomas ; Bob Stanley : I'll be Your Mirror / Jason Wood.
Abstract "Popular musicians' autobiographies are one of the most important ways that stars create, negotiate and perpetuate the realities and myths of their lived experiences for fans. Using a radical and inclusive definition of the genre, this collection explores musicians' autobiographies as articulated in print, on stage, and through various expressive media as a dynamic factor in contemporary culture. These narratives function beyond thrilling fans with a sense of intimacy, as they attempt to create a narrative or reclamation on the musician's terms"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2024055329
ISBN9798765108406 paperback
ISBN9798765108413 hardback
ISBNepub
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