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1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 13 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Profiles in popular music.
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Beth Richmond. |
| Summary |
Throughout his career, Johnny Cash was depicted - and depicted himself - as a walking contradiction: social protestor and establishment patriot, drugged wildman and devout Christian crusader, rebel outlaw hillbilly thug and elder statesman. Leigh H. Edwards explores the allure of this paradoxical image and its cultural significance. She argues that Cash embodied irresolvable contradictions of American identity that reflect foundational issues in the American experience, such as the tensions between freedom and patriotism, individual rights and nationalism, the sacred and the profane. She illustrates how this model of ambivalence is a vital paradigm for American popular music, and for American identity in general. Making use of sources such as Cash's autobiographies, lyrics, music, liner notes, and interviews, Edwards pays equal attention to depictions of Cash by others, such as Vivian Cash's publication of his letters to her, documentaries and music journalism about him, Walk the Line, and fan club materials found in the archives at the Country Music Foundation in Nashville, to create a full portrait of Cash and his significance as a cultural icon. The book is published by Indiana University Press. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Cash, Johnny -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Country music -- History and criticism.
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Country musicians -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Richmond, Beth.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781509494699 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1509494693 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13753931 |
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