Johnny Cash and the paradox of American identity /
From the Publisher: Throughout his career, Johnny Cash has been depicted-and has depicted himself-as a walking contradiction: social protester and establishment patriot, drugged wildman and devout Christian crusader, rebel outlaw hillbilly thug and elder statesman. Leigh H. Edwards explores the allu...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©2009.
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Colección: | Profiles in popular music.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : Cash as contradiction
- "What is truth?" : authenticity and persona
- "A boy named Sue" : American manhood
- Gender and "the beast in me" : ramblers and rockabillies authenticity and persona
- Race and identity politics
- Man in black : class and national mythologies
- The gospel road : Cash as saint and sinner
- Conclusion : "God's gonna cut you down" : cultural legacies.