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    Born to Run : The Transmedia Evolution of the Bruce Springsteen Memoir from Book to Stage and Screen


    Watson, Laura (2022) Born to Run : The Transmedia Evolution of the Bruce Springsteen Memoir from Book to Stage and Screen. Popular Music and Society, 45 (3). pp. 279-299. ISSN 0300-7766

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    Abstract

    This article explores how the genre of rock memoir took a new cultural and commercial turn with the publication of Springsteen’s book Born to Run (2016). It traces how the book became the foundation for a transmedia project that unfolded across several platforms (including the Broadway stage and Netflix) over the course of two years (2016–2018). This transmedia project worked to construct the twenty-first-century Springsteen as an artist and commentator whose work lies at the intersections of rock, popular literature, scripted theater, and the screen

    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Autobiography; memoir; narrative; Netflix; Springsteen; transmedia;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > Music
    Item ID: 18456
    Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/03007766.2021.2010308
    Depositing User: Dr Laura Watson
    Date Deposited: 01 May 2024 09:39
    Journal or Publication Title: Popular Music and Society
    Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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