Leonard Mustazza

Frank Sinatra and Popular Culture

Essays on an American Icon

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Produktbeschreibung

Frank Sinatra's influence on American popular culture has been wide reaching and long lasting. This diverse collection of essays written by historians, music critics, and popular culture personalities offers a myriad of perspectives and commentaries on this multitalented legend. The essays attest to the interest in Sinatra that has spanned six decades and shows no sign of diminishing-even after his death. From singer to actor, from mass media personality to humanitarian and cultural trendsetter, the many contributions of Frank Sinatra are brought to life in this entertaining volume. Written to appeal to Sinatra fans, these unique essays, including one by Frank Sinatra himself, are organized into three sections. The first examines Sinatra's fame and the ways in which his image was formed, the second looks at his music, and the final group of essays are personal reminiscences by the people who knew him. Together these essays will provide new material for the ever-growing dialogue about Frank Sinatra's place in and influence over twentieth-century American popular culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 660g
• ISBN-13: 9780275964955
• ISBN-10: 0275964957
• Artikelnr.: 22454858

Autorenporträt

LEONARD MUSTAZZA is Associate Dean and Professor of English and American Studies at Penn State University, Abington College. He is the author of many scholarly articles and five books on popular culture and literature, including the critically acclaimed 1995 edition of The Frank Sinatra Reader .

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction by Leonard Mustazza Celebrity, American Culture, and
Frank Sinatra What's this about Races? by Frank Sinatra Love in the Western
World: Sinatra and the Conflict of Generations by T.H. Adamowski The
Swinger and the Loser: Sinatra, Masculinity, and Fifties Culture by Roger
Gilbert Bobby Sox and Blue Suede Shoes: Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley as
Teen Idols by James F. Smith The Composition of Celebrity: Sinatra as Text
in the Liner Notes of Stan Cornyn by Gilbert L. Gigliotti Sinatra's Fans:
Discussions in Three Tenses--The Past, the Present, and the Future by Ken
Hutchins Sinatra: Psychiatric Musings by Lloyd L. Spencer The Troubadour as
Modern Hero Listening to Frank Sinatra by Gerald Early At the Heart of
American Music by Daniel Okrent Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording by
Charles L. Granata Sinatra on Broadway by Philip Furia Sinatra and Jazz by
Will Friedwald Sinatra and the Great American Style by Richard Iaconelli
Theology and Music in a Different Key: Meditations on Frank Sinatra and
Eros in a Fallen World by Edmund N. Santurri Personal Reminiscences Eye
Witness by Stan Cornyn Sinatra and the Atlantic City Connection by Richard
Apt A Kid in Line Who Made It Backstage by Bill Boggs Sounds of Sinatra: A
Conversation with Sid Mark by Charles L. Granata Appendix: Career
Highlights Selected Bibliography Index