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The Beatles' lives and work continue to delight fans and influence musicians half a century since their heyday. Yet their contribution to contemporary culture and their relationship to social change remain controversial topics in need of reappraisal. This two volume collection brings together two dozen leading scholars of the Beatles to examine their origins, output and legacy. Interdisciplinary in its approach and international is its outlook, Understanding The Beatles showcases the latest research by historians, art historians, musicologists, geographers, sociologists and cultural critics bringing new perspectives on The Beatles and their milieu which will interest academic and fans alike. Volume One, The Beatles in Context: Politics, Identify, Culture, explores the relationship between The Beatles and their times. It situates them in the changing class, gender and ethnic dynamics of postwar Britain, considers them as Liverpudlians and Orientalists, and compares them to contemporaries from Bob Dylan to Charles Manson. Volume Two, The Beatles and Their Audiences: Creativity, Reception, Interpretation focuses on the production, consumption and interpretation of The Beatles. Their creativity in the studio is considered alongside how they were managed, marketed and appreciated by multiple audiences from the 1960s to the present. Chapters on research and teaching The Beatles assess the current state of the field.

Published: Mar 1, 2022

Book Contributors

• Editor - Marcus Collins (marcus.collins@lboro.ac.uk - beatliophile) 'Loughborough University'
• Editor - James McGrath (j.mcgrath@leedsmet.ac.uk - jpmcgrath) 'Leeds Beckett University'
• Author - Yrjo Heinonen (yrjhei@utu.fi - yheinonen) 'University of Turku'
• Author - Martha Bari (bari@hood.edu - mbari) 'Hood College'
• Author - Richard Coopey (rcc@aber.ac.uk - rcoopey) 'Aberystwyth University'
• Author - Mike Brocken (brockem@hope.ac.uk - mbrocken) 'Liverpool Hope University'
• Author - Cliff Eisen (cliff.eisen@kcl.ac.uk - ceisen) 'King's College London'
• Author - Mike Kirkup (M.Kirkup@tees.ac.uk - mkirkup) 'Newcastle University'
• Author - Stephanie Fremaux (stephanie.fremaux@bcu.ac.uk - sfremaux) 'Birmingham City University'
• Author - Richard Mills (richard.mills@stmarys.ac.uk - rmills) 'St. Mary's University, London'
• Author - Holly S Tessler (holly.tessler@uws.ac.uk - hollytes) 'University of the West of Scotland'
• Author - Oliver Julien (oliver.julien@paris-sorbonne.fr - ojulien) 'Universite Paris-Sorbonne'

Series

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Section	Chapter	Authors
Editor's Introduction
	The Beatles and their Audiences: Creativity, Reception, Interpretation	James McGrath
Creativity
	The Creative Process of the Beatles Revisited	Yrjo Heinonen
	Double-tracked vocals, multitrack arrangements: the Beatles and re-recording	Oliver Julien
	John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Bed-in, in Cultural Context	Martha Bari
Reception
	If I Needed Someone: A Reappraisal of Brian Epstein as Entrepreneur	Richard Coopey
	The Beatles Book: Marketing and Image-Making	Mike Kirkup
	The Beatles Through Fans' Eyes	Richard Mills
	Let It Be? Exploring The Beatles' Grey Market, 1970-1995	Holly Tessler
	The Beatles and Digital Media	Stephanie Fremaux
Interpretation
	The Beatles and Biography	James McGrath, Marcus Collins
	Teaching The Beatles	Mike Brocken, Marcus Collins, Cliff Eisen