U2 Above, Across, and Beyond - Interdisciplinary Assessments

Informationen zum Autor Scott Calhoun directs the U2 Conference, is curator for the U2: Made in Dublin exhibit, and is professor of writing and literature at Cedarville University. Klappentext This book offers new essays from interdisciplinary perspectives on U2’s career-long dynamic of resisting conventional boundaries in order to erase barriers that inhibit growth, understanding, and progress. Zusammenfassung This book offers new essays from interdisciplinary perspectives on U2's career-long dynamic of resisting conventional boundaries in order to erase barriers that inhibit growth! understanding! and progress. Inhaltsverzeichnis U2 Above, Across, and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Assessments Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: U2 TRANS- Scott Calhoun 1 Collaborative Transactions: Making Sense (Again) for U2's Achtung Baby Christopher Wales 2 Transvaluing Adam Clayton: Why the Bass Matters in U2's Music Brian F. Wright 3 Translating Genres: U2's Embrace of Electronic Dance Music in the 1990s Ed Montano 4 A Transcendent Desire: In Defense of U2's Irishness Arlan Elizabeth Hess 5 A Transmedia Storyworld: The Edge Is One, But Not The Same Fred Johnson 6 Transgressive Theology: The Sacred and the Profane at U2's PopMart Theodore Louis Trost 7 Transmitting Memories: U2's Rituals for Creating Communal History Steve Taylor 8 The Transformative Fan: The Bricolage of U2 Live Matthew J. Hamilton About the Contributors Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Scott D. Calhoun
• Assisted by: Scott D. Calhoun (Editor), Calhoun Scott D. (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9781498501316
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0131-6
• No. of pages: 164
• Series: For the Record: Studies in Rock and Popular Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Rock, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Literary studies: general, Pop Music, Popular Music