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New book chapter on Morrissey and fandom by Irish sociologist Eoin Devereux

posted by davidt on Saturday November 25 2006, @02:00PM
Punky writes:
A new book chapter "Being Wild(e)About Morrissey: Fandom and Identity" has recently been published by an Irish sociologist (and Morrissey fan) Eoin Devereux. It discusses Morrissey's Irish roots and describes the last night of Morrissey's 2004 You Are The Quarry Tour at the Point Theatre in Dublin. A downloadable version of the chapter is available here (PDF).
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  • Well written, erudite, and all the more interesting because the evening of that gig was very memorable for me. I'd love to read to the full book.

    Peter
    uncleskinny -- Saturday November 25 2006, @02:14PM (#240773)
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    And so I drank one, it became four, and when I fell on the floor, I drank more
  • An interesting reading. What's the book itself about?
    davdavon -- Saturday November 25 2006, @03:56PM (#240783)
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  • Part of me hopes you received good marks for this composition - for Morrissey's sake. The other part wants to fail you for meandering and never making your stated point.
    Anonymous -- Saturday November 25 2006, @04:50PM (#240789)
  • Does this tell us anything new about Morrissey? Or just repeat the received opinions?

    Just once I'd like a writer to say something that doesn't go along with prevailing critical opinions. Just once I'd like them to use their own brains and emotions.

    For example, how about a bit more questioning about Morrissey attitude to and exploration of masculinity, instead of just dismissing it as being homoerotic? How about doing a little bit of research into what the images he uses mean to a man of his generation and class, rather than what they mean to academics in their twenties with no sense of history?
    Anonymous -- Saturday November 25 2006, @05:09PM (#240792)

    • Re:Full of cliches (Score:2, Interesting)

      I'm inclined to agree. While it was quite a conscientious summary, there's hardly anything there we don't already know. Maybe he doesn't expect his audience to be as familiar with the Morrissey phenomena as a lot of fans are, in which case his pitch is more understandable?
      Worthwhile, overall.
      goinghome -- Saturday November 25 2006, @05:22PM (#240796)
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    • Re:Full of cliches (Score:2, Insightful)

      I agree. I wasn't overly impressed with this. I found the writing style was too basic. And yes, full of cliches. I also thought he was perohaps, using too many assumptions that he already had (possibly from already being a fan). We've all heard the homo-erotic stuff. And currently there is a big trend in sociology towards researching gender & performance. So perhaps the writer wanted it to fit neatly into the current hot discourse.

      Also, I think the point he makes about the audience being mainly male...I would guess that most music concerts have largely male crowds.
      M-in-Oz -- Saturday November 25 2006, @10:03PM (#240809)
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  • Fair play Dev. Downloading it as we speak. Mabey the great man himself will sign a copy for us in Dusseldorf/Berlin. Mike
    Anonymous -- Sunday November 26 2006, @05:01PM (#240883)

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