Dead Elvis: A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsession - Brossura

Marcus, Greil

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ISBN 10: 0674194225 ISBN 13: 9780674194229

Casa editrice: Harvard Univ Pr, 1999

Riassunto

In life, Elvis Presley went from childhood poverty to stardom, from world fame to dissipation and early death. As Greil Marcus shows in this remarkable book, Presley's journey after death takes him even further, pushing him beyond his own frontiers to merge with the American public consciousness—and the American subconscious.

As he listens in on the public conversation that recreates Elvis after death, Marcus tracks the path of Presley's resurrection. He grafts together scattered fragments of the eclectic dialogue—snatches of movies and music, books and newspapers, photographs, posters, cartoons—and amazes us with not only what America has been saying as it raises its late king, but also what this strange obsession with a dead Elvis can tell us about America itself.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Greil Marcus is the author of Lipstick Traces, The Dustbin of History (both from Harvard) and The Shape of Things to Come, The Old, Weird America, Mystery Train, and other books.

Product Description:

A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsession

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Harvard Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0674194225
• ISBN 13: 9780674194229
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 233