In Search Of Elvis: Music, Race, Art, Religion

by Vernon Chadwick

Overview

The International Conference on Elvis Presley, convened at the University of Mississippi in August, transformed a rock and roll icon into a scholarly phenomenon. Educators, artists, and Elvis aficionados from across the world—plus over one hundred internationally based reporters—collected on Oxford, Mississippi, soil to analyze and celebrate Elvis'

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367316174
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/28/2019
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Vernon Chadwick is assistant professor of English at the University of Mississippi.

Table of Contents

PART ONE MUSIC, 1 Country Elvis, 2 Rethinking Elvis and the Rockabilly Moment, 3 From Denmark to RCA: On the Road with Elvis, Scotty, and Bill, 4 Elvis as Anthology, PART TWO RACE, 5 Elvis as Southerner, 6 Elvis Presley as Redneck, 7 Elvis's Man Friday, 8 A Revolutionary Sexual Persona: Elvis Presley and the White Acquiescence of Black Rhythms, PART THREE ART, 9 "It Ain't No Hound Dog, Maybe, But I Believe It's Some Kinda Critter Anyway": Elvis and Southern Self-Taught Art as Storytelling, 10 In Search of Elvis: An Exhibition in a Variety of Media, 11 Everything Elvis, 12 Why I'm the World's Number One Elvis Fan, 13 Generation E, 14 In Search of the Young Elvis: Confessions of a Dutch Archivist, PART FOUR RELIGION, 15 Dead Elvis as Other Jesus, 16 Sermon on Alvis, PART FIVE EPILOGUE, 17 When Elvis Died: Enshrining a Legend