The Rosary and the Microphone
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Nominated for the IASPM-Canada book prize 2020
The Rosary and the Microphone explores U2 as a politically engaged band that manifests a particular brand of Christianity through the band’s mediation in a global context and for a global audience.
Through the primarily semiotic study of U2’s various mediations, this book maps the band’s strategies for negotiating its place in the world as a global band — and a mediated brand — and as a proponent of a kind of cosmopolitanism, or global care. U2’s brand is heavily informed by Bono’s own personal religious formation. This religious viewpoint is expressed in a global concern — a Christian cosmopolitanism — that looks outward and urges others to do the same.
The Rosary and the Microphone explores U2 in live performance, through music videos and in unique media offerings, such as the feature-length music video Linear.
Published: Oct 23, 2019
Series
| Section | Chapter | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| Preliminaries | ||
| Acknowledgements | Nicholas Greco | |
| Preface | ||
| Preface | Nicholas Greco | |
| Introduction | ||
| Introduction | Nicholas Greco | |
| Chapter 1 | ||
| From Underground to Overground: U2 from Boy to Rattle and Hum | Nicholas Greco | |
| Chapter 2 | ||
| U2 and the Blinding Lights of the City | Nicholas Greco | |
| Chapter 3 | ||
| Beautiful Day: Technological Optimism, Gesture and Intimacy | Nicholas Greco | |
| Chapter 4 | ||
| The Irish in America: Nationalism and Politics on Tour | Nicholas Greco | |
| Chapter 5 | ||
| The Rosary and the Microphone: Social Justice and the Stage | Nicholas Greco | |
| Chapter 6 | ||
| Linear: A Way Forward | Nicholas Greco | |
| Chapter 7 | ||
| Songs of Innocence as Barthes' Ideal Novel | Nicholas Greco | |
| Chapter 8 | ||
| Conclusions: A Cosmopolitan Christianity | Nicholas Greco | |
| End Matter | ||
| Bibliography | Nicholas Greco | |
| Index | Nicholas Greco | |
Reviews
The Rosary and the Microphone is at turns intelligent and stimulating, offering insight into what, for this reviewer, is a beloved band... an engaging, well-synthesized academic study that was overall enjoyable to read.
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