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U2 above, across, and beyond : interdisciplinary assessments / edited by Scott Calhoun. - 1 online resource (165 pages) : music. - For the record: Lexington studies in rock and popular music . - For the record: Lexington studies in rock and popular music. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-146) and index.

Introduction : U2 : TRANS- / Scott Calhoun -- Collaborative transactions : making sense (again) for U2's Achtung baby / Christopher Wales -- Transvaluing Adam Clayton : why the bass matters in U2's music / Brian F. Wright -- Translating genres : U2's embrace of electronic dance music in the 1990s / Ed Montano -- A transcendent desire : in defense of U2's Irishness / Arlan Elizabeth Hess -- A transmedia storyworld : the Edge is one, but not the same / Fred Johnson -- Transgressive theology : the sacred and the profane at U2's PopMart / Theodore Louis Trost -- Transmitting memories : U2's rituals for creating communal history / Steve Taylor -- The transformative fan : the bricolage of U2 live / Matthew J. Hamilton.

ISBN: 9781498501309

Subjects--Corporate Names:
U2 (Musical group)--Criticism and interpretation.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Rock music--History and criticism.--Ireland

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: ML421.U2 / U12 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 782.42166092