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Bruce Springsteen, cultural studies, and the runaway American dream
- Title
- Bruce Springsteen, cultural studies, and the runaway American dream / Kenneth Womack, Jerry Zolten and Mark Bernhard.
- Author
- Womack, Kenneth.
- Publication
- Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2012.
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- Description
- xviii, 275 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "[R]eflects the significant critical interest in understanding Springsteen's resounding impact upon the ways in which we think and feel about politics, religion, gender, and the pursuit of the American Dream. By assembling a host of essays that engage in interdisciplinary commentary regarding one of Western culture's most enduring artistic and socially radicalizing phenomena, this book offers a cohesive, intellectual, and often entertaining introduction to the many ways in which Springsteen continues to impact our lives by challenging our minds through his lyrics and music"--From publisher description.
- Series Statement
- Ashgate popular and folk music series
- Uniform Title
- Ashgate popular and folk music series.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Howard Kramer -- Introduction: "Dream baby dream": Bruce Springsteen's American serenade / Kenneth Womack and Jerry Zolter -- "Darkness on the edge of town" : Springsteen, Richard Ford, and the American dream / David N. Gellman -- Dead man's town : "Born in the USA, " social history, and working-class identity / Jefferson Cowie and Lauren Boehm -- "Believe me, Mister" : the tradition of Woody Guthrie's hurt song in Springsteen's The Rising and Devils & Dust / Donna M. Dolphin -- "Where dreams are found and lost" : Springsteen, nostalgia, and identity / Elizabeth M. Seymour -- "Come to the door, Ma" : mothers, women, and home in Springsteen's Devils & Dust / Liza Zitelli -- Bruce Zirilli: The Italian sides of Bruce Springsteen / Samuele F.S. Pardini -- Finding meaning in manhood after the war : gender and the warrior myth in Springsteen's Vietnam War songs / Heather Stur -- Springsteen and the Puritan ideal of the Promised Land / Spencer L. Allen -- From Adam to Jesus: Springsteen's use of scripture / Matthew Orel -- Life right now: Springsteen and spirituality / Scott Wagar -- "The country that we carry in our hearts is waiting" : Bruce Springsteen and the art of social change / Edward U. Murphy -- Springsteen's search for individuality and community in post-1960s America / Jason P. Stonerook -- "American Skin (41 Shots), " "'Galveston Bay, " and the social psychology of prejudice / Steven Fein -- Shaking the city's walls : teaching politics with the Boss / John Massaro.
- Call Number
- JNE 13-189
- ISBN
- 9781409404972 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1409404978 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9781409434351 (ebook)
- 1409434354 (ebook)
- LCCN
- 2011014432
- OCLC
- 794037691
- Author
- Womack, Kenneth.
- Title
- Bruce Springsteen, cultural studies, and the runaway American dream / Kenneth Womack, Jerry Zolten and Mark Bernhard.
- Imprint
- Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2012.
- Series
- Ashgate popular and folk music seriesAshgate popular and folk music series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Zolten, J. Jerome.Bernhard, Mark.
- Research Call Number
- JNE 13-189