Chris Rojek

Gebundenes Buch

Frank Sinatra

Beschreibung

Frank Sinatra was only one of a handful of popular entertainers who dominated Western popular culture for six decades. From his early fame as ′the Voice′ in the early 1940s, through to the high rolling, fast living ′Rat Pack′ era, to the protracted Lear-like farewell tours of his twilight years, Sinatra was the epitome of cool.

Autor

Chris Rojek is Professor of Sociology and Culture in the Department of English, Media and Communications at Nottingham Trent University.

Produktdetails

• Celebrities (Hardcover)
• Verlag: Polity Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 165mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9780745630908
• ISBN-10: 0745630901
• Artikelnr.: 21788961

Rezensionen

Chris Rojek s study Frank Sinatra is simply brilliant. It is far and away the best study of Sinatra and a U.S. popular singer that I have read. While there are a small row of classics on the great rock singers, pop performers like Sinatra have mainly received celebrity gossip treatment. Rojek s study however, deeply probes Sinatra s celebrity status, including his singing career, his film work, his nightclub and concert tours, his connections with major politicians, and more notoriously, with the Mafia and a series of highly publicized sex scandals. Doug Kellner, University of California, Los Angeles