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Title U2 above, across, and beyond : interdisciplinary assessments / edited by Scott Calhoun
Published Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (165 pages)
Series For the record: Lexington studies in rock and popular music
For the record: Lexington studies in rock and popular music.
Contents Introduction : U2 : TRANS- / Scott Calhoun -- Collaborative transactions : making sense (again) for U2's 'Achtung Baby' / Christopher Wales -- Transvaluing Adam Clayton : why the bass matters in U2's music / Brian F. Wright -- Translating genres : U2's embrace of electronic dance music in the 1990s / Ed Montano -- A transcendent desire : in defense of U2's Irishness / Arlan Elizabeth Hess -- A transmedia storyworld : the Edge is one, but not the same / Fred Johnson -- Transgressive theology : the sacred and the profane at U2's PopMart / Theodore Louis Trost -- Transmitting memories : U2's rituals for creating communal history / Steve Taylor -- The transformative fan : the bricolage of U2 live / Matthew J. Hamilton
Summary U2's success and significance are due, in large part, to finding inventive, creative solutions for overcoming obstacles and moving past conventional boundaries. As it has embraced change and transformation over and over again, its fans and critics have come to value and expect this element of U2. These new essays from the disciplines of organizational communication, music theory, literary studies, religion, and cultural studies offer perspectives on several ways U2's dynamic of change has been a constant theme throughout its career. These essays came from the U2 Conference 2013 exploring the music, work, and influence of U2, and to further the scholarship on U2
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-146) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject U2 (Musical group) -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT U2 (Musical group) fast
Subject Popular music -- History -- 20th century
Rock groups.
Popular music
Rock groups
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
Author Calhoun, Scott D., editor
Wales, Christopher, author
Wright, Brian F., author
Montano, Ed, author
Hess, Arlan Elizabeth, author
Johnson, Fred, author
Trost, Theodore Louis, author
Taylor, Steve, author
Hamilton, Matthew J., author
ISBN 9781498501309
1498501303