Quadrophenia
- Author/Creator:
- Glynn, Stephen, author
- Publication/Creation:
- London, [England] ; New York : Wallflower Press, 2014
- Resource Type:
- Book
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Quadrophenia / Stephen Glynn ; book design by Elsa Mathern
- Series Titles:
- Cultographies
Cultographies.
- Related/Included Titles:
- Front matter --
CONTENTS --
Acknowledgements --
Foreword --
1. Prequel: Cult into Music --
2. Production: Cult into Film --
3. Analysis: Film of Cult --
4. Reception and Afterlife: Film into Cult --
Epilogue --
Appendix --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Who (Musical group)
Quadrophenia (Motion picture)
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Mod culture (Subculture)
Rocker culture
England--20th century--Social conditions
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1. Prequel: Cult into Music -- 2. Production: Cult into Film -- 3. Analysis: Film of Cult -- 4. Reception and Afterlife: Film into Cult -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Summary:
- 1964: Mods clash with Rockers in Brighton, creating a moral panic. 1973: ex-Mod band The Who release Quadrophenia, a concept album following young Mod Jimmy Cooper to the Brighton riots and beyond. 1979: Franc Roddam directs Quadrophenia, a film based on Pete Townshend's album narrative; its cult status is immediate. 2013: almost fifty years on from Brighton, this first academic study explores the lasting appeal of 'England's Rebel Without a Cause'. Investigating academic, music, press, and fan-based responses, Glynn argues that the 'Modyssey' enacted in Quadrophenia intrigues because it opens a hermetic subculture to its social-realist context; it enriches because it is a cult film that dares to explore the dangers in being part of a cult; it endures because of its 'emotional honesty', showing Jimmy as failing, with family, job, girl, and group; it excites because we all know that, at some point in our lives, 'I was there!'
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (169 p.)
- General Note:
- Description based upon print version of record.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9936718384602486
- ISBN:
- 0-231-85055-7
- OCLC Number:
- 979880155
870597265 - Other Identifiers:
- doi: 10.7312/glyn16741
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