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The business of bobbysoxers : cultural production in 1940s Frank Sinatra fandom / Katie Beisel Hollenbach.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hollenbach, Katie Beisel, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998.
- Sinatra, Frank.
- Popular music--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Popular music.
- Popular music--United States--1941-1950--History and criticism.
- Teenage girls--United States--History--20th century.
- Teenage girls.
- Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- Women popular music fans.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- 'The Business of Bobbysoxers' reconsiders the story of American popular music, celebrity following, and fan behavior during World War II through close examination of 'bobbysoxers.' Preserved in popular memory as primarily white, hysterical, teen girl devotees of Frank Sinatra clad in bobby socks and saddle shoes, these girls were accused of displaying inappropriate behaviour and priorities in their obsessive pursuit of a crooning celebrity at a time of international crisis. Author Katie Beisel Hollenbach peels back the stereotypes of girlhood idol adoration by documenting the intimate practices of wartime Sinatra fan clubs, revealing a new side of this familiar story in American history through the perspective of the bobbysoxer.
- Contents:
- Cover
- The Business of Bobbysoxers
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Fan Perspectives
- 1. Teenage Girls in Wartime American Culture
- 2. Teenage Social Organizations
- 3. Finding "the Voice": Organized Fandom as Political Platform
- 4. Fans as Critics and Material Culture Makers
- 5. Postwar Changes: A New Sinatra and the Decline of the Bobbysoxers
- Conclusion: Popular Remembrance
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 2, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-765921-7
- 0-19-765919-5
- OCLC:
- 1449551252
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