Fan Who Knew Too Much Aretha Franklin, the Rise of the Soap Opera, Children of the Gospel Church, and Other Meditations

Name: Fan Who Knew Too Much Aretha Franklin, the Rise of the Soap Opera, Children of the Gospel Church, and Other Meditations
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ISBN: 9780375400803

ISBN-10: 037540080X

ISBN-13: 9780375400803

Edition: N/A

Authors: Anthony Heilbut

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A dazzling exploration of American culture--from high pop to highbrow--from acclaimed music authority, cultural historian, and biographer, author of the now classicThe Gospel Sound("Definitive..." --Rolling Stone),Exiled in Paradise("Insightful, valuable, and stimulating" --The New York Times), andThomas Mann("Electric" --Harold Brodkey).From the astounding epochal career of Aretha Franklin--Lady Soul--the longest-lasting female star of our time, to the explosive outing of gays, both black and white, in the gospel church; from the origins of the soap opera and the work of Irna Phillips, queen of daytime radio and television (she inventedThe GuidingLightandAs the World Turns, among others;…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/19/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English




All God's Sons and Daughters


The Children and Their Secret Closet


Aretha: How She Got Over



Not Quite at Home


Somebody Else's Paradise


The Emperor of Ambivalence



The Fans Who Knew too Much


Brave Tomorrows for Bachelor's Children


The Male Soprano


The Curse of Survival


The Fan Who Knew Too Much


Acknowledgments


Index