U2s Songs Of Trauma And Hope

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U2’s Songs of Trauma and Hope

U2’s Songs of Trauma and Hope
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Publisher : Lexington Books
Total Pages : 173
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ISBN-10 : 9781666930993
ISBN-13 : 1666930997
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Book Synopsis U2’s Songs of Trauma and Hope by : Ingunn Røysland

Download or read book U2’s Songs of Trauma and Hope written by Ingunn Røysland and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2024-03-18 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In U2’s Songs of Trauma and Hope: “Between the Midnight and the Dawning", Ingunn Røysland and Charles Ivan Armstrong show that trauma is an important theme for U2. While this leads the band to confront extreme instances of grief and suffering, this does not prevent them to cross (in the words of their song “A Sort of Homecoming”) “the fields of mourning to a light that's in the distance.” Theories from trauma and memory studies are deployed in the examination of song lyrics and performances by U2, spanning from the early days of the band to more recent times. In their exploration of light and dark, of hope and trauma within the U2 catalogue, Røysland and Armstrong acknowledge the complexity of the songs, addressing different layers, including romantic as well as divine allegory. The authors also address the band’s troublesome lyrics, with an entire chapter devoted to “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” as well as the role of multidirectional memory and significant places, so-called lieux de mémoire, in U2’s dealings with a ranger of historical conflicts and crises. They further examine how music plays an important part in the path of healing from traumatic wounds, analysing the reception of the songs. Ultimately, it is suggested, U2 shows us how to get “through the night.”


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