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Reviewed on March 1, 2021 | Arts & Humanities
Stanfield (Maximum Movies—Pulp Fictions: Film Culture and the Worlds of Samuel Fuller, Mickey Spillane, and Jim Thompson) uncovers the underpinnings of the Who. Basing his substantive scholarly narrative on the writings of rock journalist Nik Cohn and critic and singer George Melly, Stanfield begins with the Who's initial identification with the mods, or modernists, a subculture of early 1960s British teens who focused on fashion, amphetamine-driven danci...Log In or Sign Up to Read More