The Rosary and the Microphone
Religious Impulse in U2's Mediated Brand
by Nicholas P. Greco
Hardback (Published)
(November 2019)
ISBN: 9781781795545
6.1 x 9.17 inches
Price: $100.00
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The Rosary and the Microphone explores U2 as a politically engaged band that manifests a particular brand of Christianity through the band’s mediation in a global context and for a global audience. Through the primarily semiotic study of U2’s various mediations, this book maps the band’s strategies for negotiating its place in the world as a global band-and mediated brand-and as a proponent of a kind of cosmopolitanism, or global care. U2’s brand is heavily informed by Bono’s own personal religious formation. This religious viewpoint is expressed in a global concern-a Christian cosmopolitanism-hat looks outward and draws others to do the same.
The Rosary and the Microphone explores U2 as a politically engaged band that manifests a particular brand of Christianity through the band’s mediation in a global context and for a global audience. Through the primarily semiotic study of U2’s various mediations, this book maps the band’s strategies for negotiating its place in the world as a global band–and mediated brand–and as a proponent of a kind of cosmopolitanism, or global care. U2’s brand is heavily informed by Bono’s own personal religious formation. This religious viewpoint is expressed in a global concern–a Christian cosmopolitanism–that looks outward and draws others to do the same.
Preface Introduction Chapter 1 From Underground to Overground: U2 from Boy to Rattle and Hum Chapter 2 U2 and the Blinding Lights of the City Chapter 3 Beautiful Day: Technological Optimism, Gesture and Intimacy Chapter 4 The Irish in America: Nationalism and Politics on Tour Chapter 5 The Rosary and the Microphone: Social Justice and the Stage Chapter 6 Linear: A Way Forward Chapter 7 Songs of Innocence as Barthes' Ideal Novel Chapter 8 Conclusions: A Cosmopolitan Christianity
- By (author) Nicholas P. Greco
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