We’re one short for the crossing: Abbey Road and popular memory

Tara Brabazon

doi:10.33011/tf.v2i2.3989

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2002)
Cultural Memory

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We’re one short for the crossing: Abbey Road and popular memory

https://doi.org/10.33011/tf.v2i2.3989

Published 05/01/2002

Tara Brabazon

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Brabazon, Tara. “We’re One Short for the Crossing: Abbey Road and Popular Memory”. Transformations, vol. 2, no. 2, May 2002, p. 16, doi:10.33011/tf.v2i2.3989.

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Abstract

One of the most understated debates within contemporary cultural studies is popular memory. Requiring radical interdisciplinary work, and a diverse array of textual sites, it remains a challenge for the theorist. This piece takes a cultural text - the wall encircling Abbey Road studios in London - and explores how fans inscribe their memories and meanings on its surface.

Keywords

Beatles, popular memory, London, popular music, fandom, Abbey Road

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Author Biography

Tara Brabazon

Tara Brabazon is a senior lecturer in Communication and Cultural studies at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia. Her book, Tracking the Jack: A Retracing of the Antipodes, was published by the University of New South Wales Press in 2000. Ladies Who Lunge: Essays on Difficult Women was published by UNSW Press in February 2002.