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Author : Alan Levy
Release : 1960
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Book Synopsis Operation Elvis by : Alan Levy
Download or read book Operation Elvis written by Alan Levy. This book was released on 1960. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mathias Haeussler
Release : 2020-12-10
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Inventing Elvis by : Mathias Haeussler
Download or read book Inventing Elvis written by Mathias Haeussler. This book was released on 2020-12-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elvis Presley stands tall as perhaps the supreme icon of 20th-century U.S. culture. But he was perceived to be deeply un-American in his early years as his controversial adaptation of rhythm and blues music and gyrating on-stage performances sent shockwaves through Eisenhower's conservative America and far beyond. This book explores Elvis Presley's global transformation from a teenage rebel figure into one of the U.S.'s major pop-cultural embodiments from a historical perspective. It shows how Elvis's rise was part of an emerging transnational youth culture whose political impact was heavily conditioned by the Cold War. As well as this, the book analyses Elvis's stint as G.I. soldier in West Germany, where he acted as an informal ambassador for the so-called American way of life and was turned into a deeply patriotic figure almost overnight. Yet, it also suggests that Elvis's increasingly synonymous identity with U.S. culture ultimately proved to be a double-edged sword, as the excesses of his superstardom and personal decline seemingly vindicated long-held stereotypes about the allegedly materialistic nature of U.S. society. Tracing Elvis's story from his unlikely rise in the 1950s right up to his tragic death in August 1977, this book offers a riveting account of changing U.S. identities during the Cold War, shedding fresh light on the powerful role of popular music and consumerism in shaping images of the United States during the cultural struggle between East and West.
Author : Jerry Hopkins
Release : 2014-07-01
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 996/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Elvis by : Jerry Hopkins
Download or read book Elvis written by Jerry Hopkins. This book was released on 2014-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elvis Presley is the single biggest personality in American popular culture. Over three decades after his death in August 1977, he remains the undisputed king of rock'n'roll. Featuring a wealth of first-hand interviews, Elvis combines Jerry Hopkins's two previous classic bestselling Elvis biographies - Elvis: A Biography and Elvis: The Final Years - with all-new material to give the definitive detailed account of Presley's fantastic life
Author : Michael T. Bertrand
Release : 2000
Genre : Music and race
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Book Synopsis Race, Rock, and Elvis by : Michael T. Bertrand
Download or read book Race, Rock, and Elvis written by Michael T. Bertrand. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Race, Rock, and Elvis, Michael T. Bertrand contends that popular music, specifically Elvis Presley's brand of rock 'n' roll, helped revise racial attitudes after World War II. Observing that youthful fans of rhythm and blues, rock 'n' roll, and other black-inspired music seemed more inclined than their segregationist elders to ignore the color line, Bertrand links popular music with a more general relaxation, led by white youths, of the historical denigration of blacks in the South. The tradition of southern racism, successfully communicated to previous generations, failed for the first time when confronted with the demand for rock 'n' roll by a new, national, commercialized youth culture. In a narrative peppered with the colorful observations of ordinary southerners, Bertrand argues that appreciating black music made possible a new recognition of blacks as fellow human beings. Bertrand documents black enthusiasm for Elvis Presley and cites the racially mixed audiences that flocked to the new music at a time when adults expected separate performances for black audiences and white. He describes the critical role of radio and recordings in blurring the color line and notes that these media made black culture available to appreciative whites on an unprecedented scale. He also shows how music was used to define and express the values of a southern working-class youth culture in transition, as young whites, many of them trying to orient themselves in an unfamiliar urban setting, embraced black music and culture as a means of identifying themselves. By adding rock 'n' roll to the mix of factors that fed into civil rights advances in the South, Race, Rock, and Elvis shows how the music,with its rituals and vehicles, symbolized the vast potential for racial accord inherent in postwar society.
Author : Alan Levy
Release : 1960
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Book Synopsis Operation Elvis. [On the Career of Elvis Presley in the U.S. Army Under the Selective Service System.] Illustrated by Dedini by : Alan Levy
Download or read book Operation Elvis. [On the Career of Elvis Presley in the U.S. Army Under the Selective Service System.] Illustrated by Dedini written by Alan Levy. This book was released on 1960. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
