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Informationen zum Autor Carlo Rotella is Assistant Professor of English and American Studies at Boston College. He is author of October Cities (California! 1998) and a regular contributor to the Washington Post Magazine. His essays have appeared in The American Scholar! DoubleTake! and Harper's! and his work is included in Best American Essays 2001. Klappentext "This is a brilliant study! warm and frequently thrilling! of an inspired combination of subjects. Postindustrial American urban culture has found its great poet-theorist in Carlo Rotella."-William Finnegan! author of Cold New World: Growing Up in a Harder Country "In the hands of others! we have learned much about the process of deindustrialization. Rotella powerfully brings the reader to the core of these socio-economic transitions in a manner that is almost palpable in its ability to connect the reader to any one of his subjects. Rotella held me! taught me! opened my eyes to an appreciation of new ways of seeing. The writing is electric! the broader conceptual framework is rich and complex! and his touch is deft throughout the book."-Nick Salvatore! coauthor of We All Got History: The Memory Books of Amos Webber Zusammenfassung Explores women's boxing in Erie, Pennsylvania; Buddy Guy and the blues scene in Chicago; police work and crime stories in New York City, especially as they converged in the making of the movie "The French Connection". This book shows how stories of city life can be found in a boxing match, a guitar solo, a chase scene in a movie, or a landscape. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Introduction. Truth and Beauty in the Rust Belt 1. The Culture of the Hands 2. Too Many Notes 3. Grittiness 4. Rocky Marciano's Ghost Conclusion. Getting There Acknowledgments Notes Index ...
