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 & Humanities > 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
URI:	Publisher
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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