WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS

       Middletown, Connecticut

      Published by Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT 06459

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      © 2006 by Wendy Fonarow

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       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Fonarow, Wendy.

      Empire of dirt : the aesthetics and rituals of British indie music / Wendy Fonarow.

      p. cm. — (Music/culture series)

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN-13: 978–0-8195–6810–6 (cloth : alk. paper)

      ISBN-10: 0–8195–6810–4 (cloth : alk. paper)

      ISBN-13: 978–0-8195–6811–3 (pbk. : alk. paper)

      ISBN-10: 0–8195–6811–2 (pbk. : alk. paper)

      1. Alternative rock music—Great Britain—History and criticism. 2. Alternative rock music—Social aspects—Great Britain. I. Title.

      ML3534.6.G7F66 2005

      Cover design by Matthew Cooper.

       For all of my ghosts

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