Martin Power & Eoin Devereux 
Morrissey [EPUB ebook] 
Fandom, Representations and Identities

Known for his outspoken and often controversial views on class, ethnicity and sexuality, Morrissey has remained an anti-establishment figure who continues to provoke argument, debate and devotion amongst critics and his many fans. Focusing exclusively on Morrissey’s solo career, the collected essays in this important book make for a rich reading of Morrissey and his highly influential creative output. Working across a range of academic disciplines and approaches (including musicology; ethnography; sociology and cultural studies) these essays seek to make sense of the many complexities of this global icon.

About the author

Aileen Dillane is a lecturer in music at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, the University of Limerick. She has a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of Chicago, where she was a Fulbright Scholar and Century Fellow. Her research interests include sociological understandings of music; ethnicity, identity and performativity in the traditional, vernacular and popular music of Ireland, North American and Australia; urban soundscapes; and music and the utopian impulse. She is co-founder and co-director of Limerick Sound Scapes and of the Popular Music and Popular Culture, and the Power, Discourse and Society research clusters at the University of Limerick. Select publications include: with E. Devereux and M. Power, David Bowie: Critical Perspectives (2015); and ‘Compositing identity, fiddling with (post-)ethnicity: Liz Carroll’s “Lake Effect”’, MUSICultures (2013, 40:1, pp. 7–34).