Defining the Discographic Self
Desert Island Discs in Context
Edited by Julie Brown, Nicholas Cook, and Stephen Cottrell
Table of Contents
Preface, Philip Bohlman
1. Introduction, Julie Brown, Nicholas Cook, and Stephen Cottrell
Personal Spin A: Lemn Sissay (11 October 2015)
Desert Island Discs in Historical Perspective
2. The Cultural Baggage of the Desert Island, Will Straw
3. From Forces' Choice to Desert Island Discs: The BBC's Promotion of Personal Choice in Wartime, Jenny Doctor
4. Desert Island Discomorphoses: Listening Formations and the Material Cultures of Music, Kyle Devine
Personal Spin B: Derek Drescher (producer Desert Island Discs 1976-85)
Personal Spin C: Anthony Wall (director of Arena: Desert Island Discs, 1982)
Cultural Ideologies and the Politics of Sound
5. Adrift or Ashore? Desert Island Discs and Celebrity Culture, Jo Littler
6. Playlists and Prizes: Cultural Authority, Personal Taste, and Musical Value since the 1940s, Andrew Blake
7. What Does It Mean to Be Cultured? Desert Island Discs as an Ideological Archive, Simon Frith
Personal Spin D: Uta Frith (castaway 24 February 2013)
Personal Spin E: Angie Hobbs (castaway 1 February 2015)
Desert Island Discs and British Identities
8. Desert Island Discs and British Emotional Life, David Hendy
9. Punk, class, and taste in Desert Island Discs, Peter Webb
10. Peripheral Identities on Desert Island Discs and Beti a'I Phobol, Sarah Hill
Personal Spin F: Mary Beard (31 January 2010)
Personal Spin G: Nick Hornby (28 September 2003)
Narrativising and Caring for the Self
11. Music and Narrative Selves in Desert Island Discs, Tia DeNora
12. Desert Island Dislocation: Emotion, Nostalgia, and the Utility of Music, Julie Brown
13. Musicianly Lives Musically Told: Oral History, Classical Music, and Desert Island Discs, Stephen Cottrell
Personal Spin H: Debbie Wiseman (castaway 19 October 2014)
Personal Spin I: Steven Isserlis (castaway 2 December 2007)
Personal Spin J: Gavin Bryars (castaway 5 April 1998)
14. Afterword: Playing the Discographic Self, Nicholas Cook