Elvis Culture by Erika Doss

Elvis Culture by Erika Doss

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Summary

This text explains why Elvis Presley is an enduring image in American popular culture. It demonstrates the power of pictures in visual culture and reveals much about American attitudes toward religion, sex, race and celebrity, and the construction of American identity in the late 20th century.

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Elvis Culture by Erika Doss

This text explains why Elvis Presley is an enduring image in American popular culture. It demonstrates the power of pictures in visual culture and reveals much about American attitudes toward religion, sex, race and celebrity, and the construction of American identity in the late 20th century.
Doss, Erika: -

Erika Doss is professor of American studies at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Benton, Pollock, and the Politics of Modernism: From Regionalism to Abstract Expressionism, also published by the University of Chicago Press, among other titles.

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ISBN 13 9780700609482
ISBN 10 0700609482
Title Elvis Culture
Author Erika Doss
Series Cultureamerica
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher University Press of Kansas
Year published 1999-04-30
Number of pages 304
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.