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Fandom and the Beatles : the act you've known for all these years / edited by Kenneth Womack and Kit O'Toole.

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Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Beatles -- Influence.

Popular music -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.

Popular music -- 1961-1970 -- History and criticism.

Popular music fans.

9780190917869 (paperback)

0190917865 (paperback)

xii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Unlike other bands of their era, the Beatles seem permanently frozen in time, having never descended into "nostalgia act" territory. Instead, even after the announcement of the band's breakup in 1970, the group has maintained its cultural and musical relevance. Their timeless quality appeals to younger generations while maintaining the loyalty of older fans. While the Beatles indeed represent a specific time period, their music and words address issues as meaningful today as they were during the Summer of Love: politics, war, sex, drugs, art, and creative liberation. As the first anthology to assess the nature of fan response and the band's enduring appeal, Fandom and the Beatles: The Act You've Known for All These Years defines and explores these unique qualities and the key ways in which this particular pop fusion has inspired such loyalty and multigenerational popularity.

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