Morrissey fandom, representations and identities

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Known for his outspoken and often controversial views on class, ethnicity and sexuality, Morrissey has remained an anti-establishment figure who continues to provoke argument, debate and devotion amongst critics and his many fans. Focusing exclusively on Morrissey's solo career, the collected essays in this important book make for a rich reading of Morrissey and his highly influential creative output. Working across a range of academic disciplines and approaches (including musicology; ethnography; sociology and cultural studies) these essays seek to make sense of the many complexities of this global icon.--Résumé de l'éditeur.;Introduction : but don't forget the songs that made you cry and the songs that saved your life ... / Eoin Devereux, Aileen Dillane and Martin J. Power -- "Suedehead" : paving the pilgrimage path to Morrissey's and Dean's Fairmount, Indiana / Erin Hazard -- "The seaside town they forgot to bomb" : Morrissey and Betjeman on urban regeneration and British identity / Lawrence Foley -- In the spirit of '69? Morrissey and the Skinhead cult / John H. Baker -- Fanatics, apostles and NMEs / Colin Snowsell -- The "Teenage Dad" and "Slum Mums" are just "certain people I know" : counter hedgemonic representations of the working/underclass in the works of Morrissey / Martin J. Power -- In our different ways we are the same : Morrissey and representations of disability / Daniel Manco -- "My so friendly lens" : Morrisseey as mediated through his public image / Melissa Connor -- "Because I've only got two hands" : western art undercurrents in the poses and gestures of Morrissey / Andrew Cope -- Moz: art: Adorno meets Morrissey in the cultural divisions / Rachel M. Brett -- Speedway for beginners : Morrissey, martyrdom and ambiguity / Eoin Devereux and Aileen Dillane -- No love in modern life : matters of performance and production in a Morrissey song / Eirik Askerøi -- "Vicar in a tutu" : dialogism, iconicity and the carnivalesque in Morrissey /Pierpaolo Martino -- Smiths night : a dream world created through other people's music / Dan Jacobson and Ian Jeffrey -- Talent borrows, genius steals : Morrissey and the art of appropriation / Lee Brooks -- "I'm not the man you think I am" : Morrissey's navigation of dominant gender and sexuality codes / Elisabeth Woronzoff -- Melodramatic Morrissey : Kill Uncle, Cavell and the question of the human voice Johanna Sjöstedt -- "You have killed me " : tropes of hyperbole and sentimentality in Morrissey's musical expression / Stan Hawkins.