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Do academics ruin the Beatles, or help them last? Three scholars join host Robert Rodriguez to explore Beatles Studies: the history of how academia has treated the band, what fans and scholars get right and wrong about each other, and what the field still hasn’t covered.
Guests: Christine Feldman-Barrett (author, A Women’s History of the Beatles), Duncan Driver, and Paul Long (co-editor, Journal of Beatles Studies).
In this episode:
• Why early academic writing on the Beatles was dismissive, and how that shaped the field
• The “Aeolian cadences” legacy, and why Beatles lyrics rarely get serious literary study
• Shakespeare and the Beatles: why some artists seem to reflect us back to ourselves
• Gen Z, “boomer nostalgia” and why the Beatles keep finding new listeners
• Beatles university courses and the Journal of Beatles Studies
• Mark Lewisohn’s Tune In, Ian Leslie’s John & Paul, and why there’s no “final word”
• What’s missing: social class, women’s perspectives, and the global Beatles
• How to read any Beatles book critically
???? Read the open-access Journal of Beatles Studies: https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/jbs
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