Meet The Beatles: A Cultural History Of The Band That Shook Youth, Gender, And The World - Rilegato

Stark, Steven D.

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ISBN 10: 006000892X ISBN 13: 9780060008925

Casa editrice: Harper Entertainment, 2005

Riassunto

A history of the Beatles' influence on popular culture is drawn on interviews with numerous principals who surrounded the band and demonstrates their role in influencing women's identities, fashion trends, attitudes toward the gay community, and more. 50,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“A volume worthy of its subjects . . . thoughtful, provocative, and valuable” (Washington Post Book World)

“Insightful . . . Stark embeds the band in ideas and movements” (Newsday)

“[A] remarkably fresh perspective . . . Stark’s style, though scholarly, is incisive and altogether entertaining.” (Knoxville News-Sentinel)

“A thorough biography of the band . . . Stark is sharp and insightful” (Publishers Weekly)

“At the forefront of a ‘new wave’ of Beatles studies” (Boston Globe Sunday Magazine)

“A clear, new picture of the Beatles as pop-culture phenomenon. . . . thoughly entertaining and engaging” (Buffalo News)

L'autore:

Steven D. Stark is a writer and cultural commentator. He has been the popular culture analyst for National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday; a contributor to The World, a daily public radio show coproduced by WGBH and the BBC; and a commentator for CNN's Showbiz Today. The author of Glued to the Set and Writing to Win, he has written extensively for the Boston Globe, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and the Atlantic Monthly. He has been a Beatles fan since he was a boy and the Beatles first hit America on February 7, 1964.

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• Editore: Harper Entertainment
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 006000892X
• ISBN 13: 9780060008925
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 344