Race, Rock, and Elvis

Name: Race, Rock, and Elvis
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ISBN: 9780252072703

ISBN-10: 0252072707

ISBN-13: 9780252072703

Edition: 2000

Authors: Michael T. Bertrand

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Observing that young fans of rhythm and blues in the South seemed more inclined than their elders to disregard Jim Crow's long shadow, 'Race, Rock and Elvis' examines the emergence of rock 'n' roll in a social and regional context.

Book details

List price: $20.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 12/22/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction : reclaiming the past from the margins of history



Race and class in southern juxtaposition : the forgotten roots of a (rock) revolution



Popular culture and the struggle for black equality in the postwar South : rethinking the relationship



"Could fifty million record-buyers have been irrelevant?" : understanding the past through popular music



Dateline Dixie : rock 'n' roll, race, and the issue of change



Conquering the bias of taste : the postwar guardians of culture and the critique of 1950s' rock 'n' roll



With all deliberate speed and disorder : a silent generation defines itself



The king of rock as hillbilly cat : myth and southern history revisited


Conclusion : rock 'n' roll, race, and Elvis Presley - southern youth in dissent?