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U2's success and significance are due, in large part, to finding inventive, creative solutions for overcoming obstacles and moving past conventional boundaries. As it has embraced change and transformation over and over again, its fans and critics have come to value and expect this element of U2. These new essays from the disciplines of organizational communication, music theory, literary studies, religion, and cultural studies offer perspectives on several ways U2's dynamic of change has been a constant theme throughout its career. The eight essays here come from the U2 Conference 2013, which explores the music, work, and influence of U2, furthering the scholarship on U2.
Contents
U2 Above, Across, and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Assessments
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: U2 TRANS-
Scott Calhoun
1 Collaborative Transactions: Making Sense (Again) for U2's Achtung Baby
Christopher Wales
2 Transvaluing Adam Clayton: Why the Bass Matters in U2's Music
Brian F. Wright
3 Translating Genres: U2's Embrace of Electronic Dance Music in the 1990s
Ed Montano
4 A Transcendent Desire: In Defense of U2's Irishness
Arlan Elizabeth Hess
5 A Transmedia Storyworld: The Edge Is One, But Not The Same
Fred Johnson
6 Transgressive Theology: The Sacred and the Profane at U2's PopMart
Theodore Louis Trost
7 Transmitting Memories: U2's Rituals for Creating Communal History
Steve Taylor
8 The Transformative Fan: The Bricolage of U2 Live
Matthew J. Hamilton
About the Contributors
Bibliography
Index
