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"Rock the casbah" : le son de The Clash
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ISBN: 9782360541850 Year: 2015 Publisher: Marseille le Mot et le reste

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Punk Rock Warlord: the Life and Work of Joe Strummer
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ISBN: 1351168835 1306705622 1351168827 1351168843 1472410564 9781472410566 9781472410573 1472410572 9781472410559 1472410556 9781351168847 9781351168830 9781351168816 1351168819 9781472461063 1472461061 Year: 2017 Publisher: London Taylor and Francis,

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"Punk Rock Warlord explores the relevance of Joe Strummer within the continuing legacies of both punk rock and progressive politics. It is aimed at scholars and general readers interested in The Clash, punk culture, and the intersections between pop music and politics, on both sides of the Atlantic. Contributors to the collection represent a wide range of disciplines, including history, sociology, musicology, and literature; their work examines all phases of Strummer's career, from his early days as 'Woody' the busker to the whirlwind years as front man for The Clash, to the 'wilderness years' and Strummer's final days with the Mescaleros. Punk Rock Warlord offers an engaging survey of its subject, while at the same time challenging some of the historical narratives that have been constructed around Strummer the Punk Icon. The essays in Punk Rock Warlord address issues including John Graham Mellor's self-fashioning as 'Joe Strummer, rock revolutionary'; critical and media constructions of punk; and the singer's complicated and changing relationship to feminism and anti-racist politics. These diverse essays nevertheless cohere around the claim that Strummer's look, style, and musical repertoire are so rooted in both English and American cultures that he cannot finally be extricated from either."--Provided by publisher.


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Sandinista !
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ISBN: 9781501390364 Year: 2024 Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Academic,

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Following the success of their instantly iconic double LP, London Calling, The Clash set out to do something "triply outrageous." Named after the Nicaraguan rebels who successfully overthrew an authoritarian dictator, Sandinista ! consists of 36 songs across six sides of vinyl. Produced by the band, it showcases their politics as well as their ability to adopt a multitude of genres ranging from punk, reggae, jazz, gospel, calypso, and hip hop. Free from the influence of their Machiavellian manager, Bernie Rhodes, The Clash still battled their record label to release the triple LP on their terms : three for the price of one. Despite its polarizing reception from critics at the time of its release, Sandinista ! is often considered one of the greatest albums of all time. Nevertheless, critics and fans have spent over 40 years debating whether the album would be better as a 12-track LP. This book entertains that idea and considers what is lost or gained in the process. To do so, the book delves into the politics of The Clash, the spliff bunkers constructed for the production of the album, and the sacrifices made upon its release. It examines the album's 36 tracks and considers the significance of the record's dissection on behalf of fans who curate their own versions of the album in the mixtape, CD, and playlist eras.


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Working for the clampdown
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ISBN: 1526114224 9781526114228 9781526114235 1526114232 9781526114204 9781526114211 Year: 2019 Publisher: Manchester

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This volume brings together a range of writers from different academic disciplines and different locations to provide an engaging and accessible critical exploration of one of the most revered and reviled bands in the history of popular music. The essays collated here locate The Clash in their own explosive cultural moment of punk's year zero and examine how the group speaks from beyond the grave to the uncanny parallels of other moments of social and political crisis. In addition, the collection considers the impact of the band in a range of different geopolitical contexts, with various contributors exploring what the band meant in settings as diverse as Italy, England, Northern Ireland, Australia and the United States. The diverse essays gathered in Working for the clampdown cast a critical light on both the cultural legacy and contemporary resonance of one of the most influential bands ever to have graced a stage.


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PUNK ROCK POLITICS OF JOE STRUMMER
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ISBN: 9781526148995 1526148994 9781526148971 1526148978 1526148986 9781526148988 Year: 2022 Publisher: [S.l.] MANCHESTER UNIV PRESS

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Drawing on Strummer's lyrics, interviews and bootleg recordings, as well as interviews with friends and contemporaries like Billy Bragg, The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer reveals the wide-ranging political influence of one of the twentieth century's iconic rock'n'roll rebels.


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Black Terror White Soldiers.Islam, Fascism & the New Age
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ISBN: 9781481226509 Year: 2013 Publisher: S.L. Sabilillah Publications

Islamic liberation theology
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ISBN: 9780415771559 9780415771542 9780203928387 0203928385 0415771544 0415771552 1135982961 9781135982966 9786611394530 6611394532 128139453X 9781135982911 9781135982959 Year: 2008 Publisher: New York, NY Routledge

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With the War on Terror and the perceived clash between the West and Islam being a highly topical issue in world politics today, this book is a radical piece of counter-intuitive thinking on the clash of civilizations theory and global politics.

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