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Johnny Cash and the paradox of American identity / Leigh H. Edwards.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML420.C265 E48 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edwards, Leigh H., 1970-
- Series:
- Profiles in popular music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cash, Johnny--Criticism and interpretation.
- Cash, Johnny.
- Country music--History and criticism.
- Country music.
- Country musicians--United States.
- Country musicians.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 241 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Introduction : Cash as contradiction
- "What is truth?" : authenticity and persona
- "A boy named Sue" : American manhood
- Gender and "the beast in me" : ramblers and rockabillies authenticity and persona
- Race and identity politics
- Man in black : class and national mythologies
- The gospel road : Cash as saint and sinner
- Conclusion : "God's gonna cut you down" : cultural legacies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-225) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780253352927
- 0253352924
- 9780253220615
- 0253220610
- OCLC:
- 237325195
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