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The Beatles have been finding their way into college courses in a number of interesting ways in recent years. The band and their music have proven to be meaningful points of entry for a wide range of academic investigations, ranging from song lyrics as poetry to understanding the complex working of the music business. This chapter looks at some of the ways the Beatles have been utilized in college classrooms, with a particular emphasis on a case study of a course, The Beatles and the 1960s: The Band, The Music and Their Times, designed to use the Fab Four to better understand the social and political upheavals of that turbulent decade.
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Shaw, P. (2016). The Beatles in the Classroom: John, Paul, George, and Ringo Go to College. In: Womack, K., Kapurch, K. (eds) New Critical Perspectives on the Beatles. Pop Music, Culture and Identity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57013-0_13
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