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Synopsis
An examination at the more extreme versions of Elvis-worship, through the lens of cultural studies.
| Size | | Length: | 231 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 22.4 oz |
Industry Reviews
"...Gilbert Rodman brings the heavy artillery of contemporary critical theory to bear on Elvis as 'cultural signifier'....[Rodman's thesis is that] Elvis was present at the creation of contemporary American culture. By challenging and violating the racial, sexual and class-based taboos of the fifties, the sharecropper's son form Tupelo explored the 'most important sites of cultural tension and conflict in the US since World War II.'"
Nation - Kelleher Jewett (12/09/1996)
"With painstaking thoroughness, Rodman explores how Elvis defied new popular cultural parameters during a time when America was in rapid transition--helping to give rise to the legend that still lives on....it can reward one with solid information as well as unique food for thought..."
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