Bruce Springsteen and the American soul : essays on the songs and influence of a cultural icon / edited by David Garrett Izzo.
2011
ML420.S77 B79 2011 (Mapit)
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Title Bruce Springsteen and the American soul : essays on the songs and influence of a cultural icon / edited by David Garrett Izzo.
ISBN 9780786459087 (pbk.)
0786459085 (pbk.)
Imprint Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2011.
Language English
Description ix, 256 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number ML420.S77 B79 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 782.42166092
Summary "This critical work examines Bruce Springsteen, his music, the cultural importance of his narrative songs and the singular experience of his live performances. Particular attention is paid to his political consciousness, including his alignment with the working poor, unemployed, those down on their luck, and those suffering from social and political issues that permeate the American social landscape"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.
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Introduction : The conscience of rock 'n' roll / David Garrett Izzo
Fanfare for the common man : magic / Dana Sawyer
In concert : a transcendental celebration / David Garrett Izzo
Songwriting and political awareness : the development of Springsteen's emotional community / Adam Aliano
From the "Badlands" to "the Promised Land" : how past and present America has affected the lives of Springsteen's characters / Jason W. Faulkner
Queen of the supermarket : representations of working class women / Lisa Delmonico
The virgin, the whore, the girl next door : seeking the definitive "Mary" / Keith Fudge
Springsteen's American stories in Devils in dust and The Seeger sessions / Robert McParland
Going nowhere : Bruce, the Beatles, Neil Young, Talking Heads and others / David Gellman
Ten things you don't know about scholarship on Springsteen / Denise D. Green
Growin' up with Springsteen / Herpreet Kaur Grewal
"World without pity" : the tragic vision / Lincoln Konkle
An opera on the turnpike : musical form and narrative myth in the early works / Barry Long
Lost! can we find our way back home on magic? / Lorraine Mangione
Let me show you what love can do-the messages of working on a dream / Doug Morris
"The key to the universe : Springsteen, masculinity, and the car" / Katherine Parkin
Evangelism from E Street : Brother Springsteen's salvation show / Susan Woge
Here everybody has a neighbor : Springsteen's narrative of community / April Lindner
"Highway patrolman" : an application of sibling theory and research / Jonathan Caspi
"Mr. State Trooper, please don't stop me" : the image of police in the songs / Susan Hamburger
John Wayne and Bruce Springsteen staying home : how not going to war Influenced the careers of two American popular icons / Lars A. Rossland
Long walk home : nostalgia and the retro postmodern artist / Elizabeth Seymour
Growin' up : the progression of Springsteen's music as it relates to Erikson's theory of development / James Azar
On the edge / Stevan Weine
Seeger, Dylan, and Springsteen : the folk tradition alive and well in America / Marianne Murawski
Springsteen's intimations of mortality / Alex Pitofsky
Springsteen: growin' up, growing older : a route map for the long walk home / Melanie Henwood
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