The Beatles in Perspective: A Carnival of Light

Contents

• Introduction Culture and History
• 1. “Where You Once Belonged”: Class, Race and Liverpool Roots of Lennon and McCartney’s Songs James McGrath
• 2. Notes on the Beatles from a Black Liverpudlian Perspective Mark Christian, Lehman College (CUNY)
• 3. From Liverpool to Tibet: “Tomorrow Never Knows” and the Troubled Path to the East Sharif Gemie, University of South Wales
• 4. Magical Mystery Tour: Suburbia and Utopia in Music and Films of The Beatles Jon Goss, Clarkson University, New York
• 5. The Bohemian Beatles Colin Campbell, University of York
• 6. Interlude 1: Growing up with The Beatles Russell Reising (University of Toledo), Peter Mills and James McGrath Audience, Fanhood, Interpretation
• 7. “My Name’s Ringo and I Play the Drums”: Being a Beatles’ Fan in the Age of Interactivity Stephanie Fremaux, Birmingham City University
• 8. The Beatles and Fandom Richard Mills, St Marys University, London
• 9. “Some kind of innocence...”: The Beatles Monthly and the Fan Community Mike Kirkup, Teesside University
• 10. “Misunderstanding all you see”: Charles Manson Reading the Beatles at the End of the World Gary Carlin and Mark Jones, both at University of Wolverhampton
• 11. Interlude 2: The Beatles, Interpretation and Influence Russell Reising, Peter Mills and James McGrath Savoy Truffles: Further Perspectives
• 12. Paul in the Picture: Anatomy of a Snapshot Martin Malone, Aberdeen University
• 13. The American Beetles: How a Fake Beatles Band Defined a Movement, Changed a Culture, and Beat The Beatles at Their Own Game Ed Prideaux, journalist
• 14. Listening and Remembering Russell Reising, Peter Mills and James McGrath