Johnny Cash and the Paradox of American Identity

Informationen zum Autor Leigh H. Edwards Klappentext Leigh H. Edwards is Associate Professor of English at Florida State University. She lives in Tallahassee, Florida. Zusammenfassung Explores the allure of Cash's contradictory persona Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: Cash as Contradiction 1. "What Is Truth?" Authenticity and Persona 2. "A Boy Named Sue": American Manhood 3. Gender and "The Beast in Me": Ramblers and Rockabillies 4. Race and Identity Politics 5. Man in Black: Class and National Mythologies 6. The Gospel Road: Cash as Saint and Sinner Conclusion: "God's Gonna Cut You Down": Cultural Legacies Notes Works Cited Index

Product details

• Authors: Leigh Edwards, Leigh H Edwards, Leigh H. Edwards, Edwards Leigh H
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.2009
• EAN: 9780253220615
• ISBN: 978-0-253-22061-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Indiana University Press; Profiles in Popular Music; Profiles in Popular Music (Pap; Profiles in Popular Music; Profiles in Popular Music (Pap
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs