{"product_id":"why-pamper-lifes-complexities-9780719078415","title":"Why pamper lifes complexities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this, the first academic text devoted to The Smiths, writers from a range of perspectives set out to consider the cultural significance and enduring appeal of one of the most influential and controversial bands of recent decades. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book as a whole conveys how the band drew from canonized literature as credibly as they did from what popular culture's own bourgeoisie have more recently called 'guilty' pleasures. Each chapter differently suggests how to listen to The Smiths is to listen to a sublimely subjective history of culture itself, in which supposed distinctions between 'high' and 'popular' are unostentatiously rejected. The essays thus work superbly as a collection, displaying how, via The Smiths, Sandie Shaw meets Oscar Wilde, Guy Fawkes joins T. Rex, Andy Warhol enters Coronation Street and George Formby harmonises with Kazem Al Saher. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Why Pamper Life’s Complexities? An Introduction to the Book. Sean Campbell \u0026amp; Colin Coulter\u003cbr\u003e2. Has The World Changed Or Have I Changed? The Smiths and the Challenge of Thatcherism.     Joe Brooker\u003cbr\u003e3. ‘Irish Blood, English Heart’: Ambivalence, Unease and The Smiths. Sean Campbell\u003cbr\u003e4.  Heaven Knows We’ll Soon Be Dust: Catholicism and Devotion in The Smiths.  Eoin Devereux\u003cbr\u003e5.  Sing Me to Sleep: Suicide, Philosophy, and The Smiths. Kieran Cashell\u003cbr\u003e6. ‘A Boy in the Bush’: Childhood, Sexuality and The Smiths.  Sheila Whiteley\u003cbr\u003e7. ‘This Way and That Way’: Towards A Musical Poetics of The Smiths. Jonathan Hiam\u003cbr\u003e8. I Don’t Owe You Anything: The Smiths and Kitchen-Sink Cinema. Cecilia Mello\u003cbr\u003e9.  ‘A Double Bed and a Stalwart Lover For Sure’: The Smiths, the Death  of Pop and the Not So Hidden Injuries of Class. Colin Coulter\u003cbr\u003e10. Last Night We Dreamt That Somebody Loved Us:  Smiths Fans (and Me) in the Late 1980s. Karl Maton\u003cbr\u003e11. ‘When we’re in your scholarly room’: the Media, Academia, and The Smiths. Fergus Campbell \u003cbr\u003e12. ‘So Much To Answer For’: What Do The Smiths Mean to Manchester? Julian Stringer\u003cbr\u003e13. ‘Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty’: Englishness, Pop and The Smiths.  Kari Kallioniemi\u003cbr\u003e14. Guantánamo, Here We Come: Out Of Place With The Smiths.  Nabeel Zuberi\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037321789783,"sku":"9780719078415","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719078415.jpg?v=1750935285","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/why-pamper-lifes-complexities-9780719078415","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}