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New Deal cowboy : Gene Autry and public diplomacy / Michael Duchemin.
Van Pelt Library PN2287.A9 D83 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duchemin, Michael, 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Autry, Gene, 1907-1998.
- Autry, Gene.
- Autry, Gene, 1907-1998--Political and social views.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Popular culture--Political aspects.
- History.
- Popular culture.
- Country music.
- Motion pictures--Political aspects.
- Arts and diplomacy.
- Political and social views.
- United States.
- Singers--United States--Biography.
- Singers.
- Arts and diplomacy--United States--History--20th century.
- Motion pictures--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Motion pictures.
- Country music--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Popular culture--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
- United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945.
- International relations.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "Examines Gene Autry's use of recordings, personal appearances, rodeo, radio, film, and television to create a major entertainment personality and public diplomat. Autry utilized his persona to publicly support Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and foreign policy initiatives leading up to World War II. Duchemin shows the connections between popular culture, political policy, and public diplomacy that emerged in the 1930s"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: America's Ace Cowboy
- Country-Western Hybrid Music
- Musical-Western Hybrid Film
- New Deal, New West
- The Second New Deal
- The Good Neighbor Policy
- Western Hemisphere Idea
- Youth's Model, 1940
- Sergeant Gene Autry
- Conclusion: New Deal Cowboy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806153926
- 080615392X
- OCLC:
- 947953836
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