READING THE BEATLES -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: "Dear Sir or Madam,Will You Read My Book?" KENNETH WOMACK AND TODD F. DAVIS -- Part 1. "Speaking words of wisdom": The Beatles' Poetics -- 1. "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together "Bakhtin and the Beatles -- 2. From "Craft" to "Art": Formal Structure in the Music of the Beatles -- 3. "Love, love, love" Representations of Gender and Sexuality in Selected Songs by the Beatles -- 4. Painting Their Room in a Colorful Way: The Beatles' Exploration of Timbre -- Part II. "A splendid time is guaranteed for all": Theorizing the Beatles -- 5. Mythology, Remythology, and Demythology: The Beatles on Film -- 6. Vacio Luminoso: "Tomorrow Never Knows" and the Coherence of the Impossible -- 7. The Spectacle of Alienation: Death, Loss, and the Crowd in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band -- 8. We All Want to Change the World: Postmodern Politics and the Beatles' White Album -- Part III. "We can work it out": The Beatles and Culture -- 9. "The rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry: "The Beatles and Questions of Mass and High Culture -- 10.A Universal Childhood: Tourism, Pilgrimage, and the Beatles -- 11."Baby You're a Rich Man": The Beatles, Ideology, and the Cultural Moment -- 12. Spinning the Historical Record: Lennon, McCartney, and Museum Politics -- Afterword: I Want to Hold Your Hand -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.