Bruce Springsteen, cultural studies, and the runaway American dream
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Bruce Springsteen, cultural studies, and the runaway American dream
Ashgate, c2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
There is little question about the incredible power of Bruce Springsteen's work as a particularly transformative art, as a lyrical and musical fusion that never shies away from sifting through the rubble of human conflict. As Rolling Stone magazine's Parke Puterbaugh observes, Springsteen 'is a peerless songwriter and consummate artist whose every painstakingly crafted album serves as an impassioned and literate pulse taking of a generation's fortunes. He is the foremost live performer in the history of rock and roll, a self-described prisoner of the music he loves, for whom every show is played as if it might be his last.' In recent decades, Puterbaugh adds, 'Springsteen's music developed a conscience that didn't ignore the darkening of the runaway American Dream as the country greedily blundered its way through the 1980s' and into the sociocultural detritus of a new century paralysed by isolation and uncertainty. Bruce Springsteen, Cultural Studies, and the Runaway American Dream reflects 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.
目次
Notes on Contributors, General Editor's Preface, Foreword by Howard Kramer, Acknowledgements, Introduction: "Dream Baby Dream": Bruce Springsteen's American Serenade, Part I "Land of Hope and Dreams": Springsten's Working-Class Heroes and the Search for American Identity, Part II "There's a Sadness Hidden in that Pretty Face": Springsteen and Gender Identity, Part III "Lost in the Flood": Springsteen and Religion, Part IV "It's Hard to be a Saint in the City": Springsteen, Ethics, and Social Justice, Works Cited, Index
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