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Author Glynn, Stephen, author

Title Quadrophenia / Stephen Glynn ; book design by Elsa Mathern
Published London [England] ; New York : Wallflower Press, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (166 pages)
Series Cultographies
Cultographies.
Contents Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1. Prequel: Cult into Music; 2. Production: Cult into Film; 3. Analysis: Film of Cult; 4. Reception and Afterlife: Film into Cult; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary 1964: Mods clash with Rockers in Brighton, creating a moral panic. 1973: ex-Mod band The Who release Quadrophenia, a concept album following young Mod Jimmy Cooper to the Brighton riots and beyond. 1979: Franc Roddam directs Quadrophenia, a film based on Pete Townshend's album narrative; its cult status is immediate. 2013: almost fifty years on from Brighton, this first academic study explores the lasting appeal of 'England's Rebel Without a Cause'. Investigating academic, music, press, and fan-based responses, Glynn argues that the 'Modyssey' enacted in Quadrophenia intrigues because it
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 28, 2014)
Subject Who (Musical group)
SUBJECT Who (Musical group) fast
Quadrophenia (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008085021
Quadrophenia (Motion picture) fast
Subject Motion pictures -- Production and direction.
Mod culture (Subculture)
Rocker culture.
ART -- Performance.
ART -- Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
Mod culture (Subculture)
Motion pictures -- Production and direction
Rocker culture
Social conditions
SUBJECT England -- 20th century -- Social conditions
Subject England
Genre/Form Electronic book
Drama
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780231850551
0231850557
1306775698
9781306775694
0231167415
9780231167413