[Commlist] Graeme Turner book on John Farnham’s Whispering Jack

Jon Stratton is pleased to announce the publication of the first book in 
the 33 1/3 Oceania series published by Bloomsbury, Emeritus Professor 
Graeme Turner’s Whispering Jack. Released in 1986, this album 
transformed John Farnham’s career and is a cornerstone of Australian 
popular music.


Graeme is an internationally known Cultural Studies scholar and one of 
the founders of Cultural Studies and Media Studies, and more recently 
Celebrity Studies, in Australia. Graeme has also co-edited Rock and 
Popular Music: Politics, Policies and Institutionsand published many 
essays related to Australian popular music.


 From the back cover of/Whispering Jack/: ‘The album examined in this 
book transformed the singer John Farnham from a faded teen pop star into 
the most popular solo rock performer in Australia, in a career that has 
lasted for more than 30 years. Whispering Jackremains the top-selling 
album by an Australian artist in Australia, and constitutes the turning 
point in Farnham's bid to achieve credibility as an adult contemporary 
musician.’

Later this year, the next two books in the series will be published: 
Chris Gibson on the Church’s album Starfishand Lachlan Goold and Lauren 
Istvandity on Regurgitator’s album Unit. By the end of this year five 
more books will be in press, on Kylie Minogue’s album Kylie, Space 
Waltz’s self-titled album, the Dead C’s albumClyma Est Mort, Ed 
Kuepper’s album Honey Steel’s Goldand Hunters and Collectors’ album 
Human Frailty

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/33-13-oceania/


Do get in contact with Jon Stratton, at (Jon.stratton /at/ unisa.edu.au) if you 
have an idea for a book for the series.



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