- Description
Description
Hundreds of books have been written about The Beatles. Over the last half century, their story has been mythologized and de-mythologized and presented by biographers and journalists as history. Yet many of these works do not strictly qualify as history and the story of how the Beatles' mythology continues to be told has been largely ignored. This book examines the band's historiography, exploring the four major narratives that have developed over time: The semi-whitewashed "Fab Four" account, the acrimonious breakup-era Lennon Remembers version, the biased "Shout!" narrative in the wake of John Lennon's murder, and the current Mark Lewisohn orthodoxy. Drawing on the most influential primary and secondary sources, Beatles history is analyzed using historical methods.
Author: Erin Torkelson Weber
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 04/13/2016
Pages: 268
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781476662664
ISBN10: 1476662665
BISAC Categories:
- Music | General
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- History | General
About the Author
Erin Torkelson Weber teaches American history at Newman University in Wichita, Kansas.
