U2 Above, Across, and Beyond

Scott Calhoun directs the U2 Conference, is curator for the U2: Made in Dublin exhibit, and is professor of writing and literature at Cedarville University.

• U2 Above, Across, and Beyond: Interdisciplinary AssessmentsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: U2 TRANS-Scott Calhoun1 Collaborative Transactions: Making Sense (Again) for U2’s Achtung BabyChristopher Wales2 Transvaluing Adam Clayton: Why the Bass Matters in U2’s MusicBrian F. Wright3 Translating Genres: U2’s Embrace of Electronic Dance Music in the 1990sEd Montano4 A Transcendent Desire: In Defense of U2’s IrishnessArlan Elizabeth Hess5 A Transmedia Storyworld: The Edge Is One, But Not The SameFred Johnson6 Transgressive Theology: The Sacred and the Profane at U2's PopMartTheodore Louis Trost7 Transmitting Memories: U2’s Rituals for Creating Communal HistorySteve Taylor8 The Transformative Fan: The Bricolage of U2 LiveMatthew J. HamiltonAbout the ContributorsBibliographyIndex

There is ample (and stimulating) intellectual discussion of the Irish band’s ‘proclivity for change’ in a world that doesn’t always welcome it. And each of the eight articles (none longer than thirty pages) makes for an easy-to-digest, hour-long patch of premiere rock and roll reading.