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Elvis After Elvis: The Posthumous Career of a Living Legend by Gilbert B. Rodman (Paperback, 1996)
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'For a dead man, Elvis Presley is awfully isy. His body may have failed him in 1977, but today his spirit, his image, and his myths do more than live on: they flourish, they thrive, they multiply.' Why is Elvis Presley so ubiquitous a presence in US culture? Why does he continue to enjoy a cultural prominence that would be the envy of the most heavily publicized living celebrities? In Elvis after Elvis Gil Rodman traces the myriad manifestations of The King in popular and t-so-popular culture. He asks why Elvis continues to defy our expectations of how dead stars are supposed to behave: Elvis t only refuses to go away, he keeps showing up in places where he seemingly doesn't belong. Rodman draws upon an extensive and eclectic body of Elvis 'sightings', from Elvis's appearances at the heart of the 1992 Presidential campaign to the debate over his worthiness as a subject for a postage stamp, and from Elvis's central role in furious debates about racism and the appropriation of African-American music to the world of Elvis impersonators and the importance of Graceland as a place of pilgrimage for Elvis fans and followers. Rodman shows how Elvis has become inseparable from many of the defining myths of US culture, enmeshed with the American dream and the very idea of the 'United States', caught up in debates about race, gender and sexuality and in the wars over what constitutes a national culture.Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-100415110033
ISBN-139780415110037
eBay Product ID (ePID)96686224
Product Key Features
Number of Pages280 Pages
Publication NameElvis after Elvis : the Posthumous Career of a Living Legend
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1996
SubjectCultural Studies
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, Art, Social Science
AuthorGilbert B. Rodman
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight21.7 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.3 in
Height234mm
Width156mm
Weight612g
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Date of Publication31/10/1996
Place of PublicationLondon
Spine19mm
Country of PublicationUnited Kingdom
GenreCultural Studies
Content Note20 Illustrations
ImprintRoutledge
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