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Images of Elvis Presley in American Culture, 1977-1997: The Mystery Terrain |  | Authors: Frank Hoffmann, George Plasketes, Beulah B Ramirez
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 2374498
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 334
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 6.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 1560249102
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.42166092
EAN: 9781560249108
ASIN: 1560249102
Publication Date: July 18, 1997
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Was Al Gore only half-kidding at the 1992 Democratic Convention when he compared Bill Clinton to “the King?” Why does Elvis's name and image still pop up in so many movies, television shows, and songs? From black velvet paintings, comic books, and postage stamps to impersonators, movie characters, and sports stars, Images of Elvis Presley in American Culture, 1977--1997 provides a surprisingly broad vista from which to view American popular culture. An insightful exploration of America's overwhelming and enduring cultural fascination with the expanding and elusive Elvis myth, this book combines historical, textual, and sociocultural analysis with a wide range of resource materials to examine the many images of Elvis in American culture. Focusing on the period following his death in 1977 up to the present, Elvis Presley in American Culture, 1977--1997 informs and entertains popular readers and academicians in American studies, popular culture, radio/television/film, sociology, music, and 20th-century American history. Elvis fans (“Elfans”) and collectors of Elvis Presley materials and memorabilia also need to add this perspective-enhancing book to your personal libraries. Author George Plasketes shows us how representations, reflections, responses, and references to Elvis in art, artifacts, film, video, television, music, performance, literature, memorabilia, and alleged sightings, continue to make American culture a “mystery terrain” of endless “Elvistas.” The repetition of these images is a link to our cultural identity. Elvis Presley in American Culture, 1977--1997 provides the necessary critical analysis and the resource guide to the various representations of Elvis during the past 20 years, to give readers an engaging and informative way to pursue and interpret the expansive and ever-evolving Elvis myth and its importance to American popular culture.
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A must read for anyone interested the Elvis phenomenon. August 3, 1999
Film Studies Teacher
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Popular Culture writer George Plasketes lays tracks through "the mystery terrain" of American culture since Elvis began his second career in 1977. This book is a must read for Elfans and Presley-phobes, as well as those with earnest interest or casual curiosity. Whether you think Elvis is king or kitsch or you are just wondering why E.P. has dominated the cultural landscape of the late 20th Century this book is for you. Cultural scholars and students will find the comprehensive bibliography, discography and filmography/videography priceless.
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