Elvis After Elvis: The Posthumous Career of a Living Legend

ISBN-13: 9780415110020 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 278 str.

Gilbert B. Rodman

Opis

Nearly 20 years after his death, Elvis Presley enjoys the sort of cultural prominence that would be the envy of even the most highly publicized living celebrities. Elvis is everywhere, sneaking out of innumerable corners of the cultural terrain in ways that defy our common sense understanding of how dead stars are supposed to behave. This phenomenon is noteworthy, not just because Elvis refuses to go away, but because he keeps showing up in places where he seemingly doesn't belong. Drawing on a range of theoretical positions from cultural studies, this study offers a series of explanations for the presence of Elvis as a cultural icon. What is different about Elvis that allows him to enjoy a cultural ubiquity that other stars don't? What makes it possible for Elvis to be so readily appropriated in such diverse ways? And what is it about our time that makes Elvis' current manifestations so different from those that existed when he was alive?

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Elvis Studies; Chapter 2 Elvis Myths; Chapter 3 Elvis Space; Chapter 4 Elvis Culture;

O autorze

Rodman, Gilbert B.