Johnny Cash and the paradox of American identity [electronic resource] / Leigh H. Edwards.
Material type: TextSeries: Profiles in popular musicPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009Description: xi, 241 pSubject(s): Cash, Johnny -- Criticism and interpretation | Country music -- History and criticism | Country musicians -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 781.642092 LOC classification: ML420.C265 | E48 2009Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references (p. [215]-225) and index.
Introduction : Cash as contradiction -- "What is truth?" : authenticity and persona -- "A boy named Sue" : American manhood -- Gender and "the beast in me" : ramblers and rockabillies authenticity and persona -- Race and identity politics -- Man in black : class and national mythologies -- The gospel road : Cash as saint and sinner -- Conclusion : "God's gonna cut you down" : cultural legacies.
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