Автор: Charles River Editors Название: Country Music Icons: The Lives and Careers of Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, and Dolly Parton ISBN: 1542468051 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781542468053 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 17440.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: *Includes pictures *Includes the music stars' quotes about their lives and work *Includes a bibliography for further reading In the early 20th century, Westerns were one of the most popular genres in Hollywood, and one of the young stars at the forefront was Gene Autry, a Texan whose life story made him a natural to be the country's most famous "singing cowboy". Autry would become a symbol of masculinity and morality on screen during the 1930s, but it was effortless for someone who had already grown up riding horses to school. Autry came of age at a time when the "singing cowboy" was at the apex of his popularity, and like his most famous successor, Roy Rogers, Autry actually got his start in show business as a singer. Even today, Autry might be best known for being a pioneer of country music and the author of Christmas hits "Here Comes Santa Claus", "Frosty the Snowman", and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". Autry would produce hundreds of recordings during his life, helping ensure the popularity of the country music genre and earning inductions into several related halls of fame. Roy Rogers came from an Ohio farm, but regardless of his background, Rogers certainly looked the part of the quintessential cowboy, along with his wife Dale Evans and his horse Trigger. His versatile singing and acting abilities made him successful both on radio and on the screen. Rogers came of age at a time when the "singing cowboy" was at the apex of his popularity, and that was favorable because he actually got his start in show business as a singer. In the early '30s, he bounced around several groups as a country music singer before earning national attention as a member of the Sons of the Pioneers, who were signed to Decca and had a couple of hits. As a result, when he first appeared in movies in 1935, it was usually in bit roles that required singing, but when Gene Autry threatened to quit acting in 1938, Rogers was viewed as a suitable replacement for lead roles. As it turned out, he became the premiere "singing cowboy" in Autry's stead, and from 1939-1954, he was one of the Top 10 Western stars in Hollywood, and a Top 10 movie star overall during some of those years. Hank Williams is considered by many to be the first American superstar of the genre and the "father" of modern country music. In the post-World War II era, at a time when country music was an insulated and regionalized cottage industry, Williams almost personally oversaw its transition into a national mania that would be later taken up by such figures as Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley, even as the musicians remained loyal to the genre's older, rural roots. But Williams remained distinctly and unapologetically Southern, thereby avoiding adoption by the larger pop world even as his remarkable sense of phrasing and authentic texts fascinated pop artists across the country. Johnny Cash, "The Man in Black", is among the most recognized and iconic vocal artists in the history of blues, country and gospel singing. During the second half of the 20th century, he produced a prolific and rarely-equaled career in the country genre as a singer, songwriter and guitarist, despite numerous struggles with alcohol and drug addiction. His trademark bass-baritone voice is instantly identifiable to listeners today, and his "parlando" style (combining an unaffected singing tone with a speech-like rhythm and pacing) has been taken up by the generation following his death in the early 21st century. While many celebrities have desperately tried to get as far away as possible from their impoverished upbringings, Dolly Parton constructed her star persona around the image of Appalachian country music culture. In many ways, Parton was raised in a quintessential Appalachian family, and while she has been resolute in expressing her affection for this background, it is impossible to deny that her upbringing posed obstacles that were difficult to overcome and related to societal and industrial
Автор: Autry Turiya Название: Roots, Reality & Rhyme ISBN: 0991327845 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780991327843 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 14950.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Autry David Название: If There Be Any Virtue Think on These Things ISBN: 1498456049 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781498456043 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 15170.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Daniel J. Walkowitz, Robin Autry Название: Walkers, Voyeurs, and the Politics of Urban Space ISBN: 0822367793 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780822367796 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 12570.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
Walking, seeing, and being seen in the city—as voyeur or as the subject of surveillance—have a long and contested history. City planning in the last half century has been increasingly fraught with contradictory desires to promote commerce as well as ostensibly progressive initiatives like greening, the re-pedestrianization of cities, and the rehabilitation of historic neighborhoods as sites to make the past more palatable and profitable¬. This special issue historicizes and reconsiders the flaneur—the city stroller—as the iconic bystander to the spectacle of urban life and change, drawing perspectives from urban and public history, museum studies, geography, and sociology.
One article analyzes Australian frontier towns, where notions of indigeneity are commodified for white consumers while Aborigines themselves are unwelcome. Another examines the “funereal flanerie” of protestors in Guatemala who stage scenes of public mourning to engage the radical power of dead bodies in public spaces. Flanerie and drifting are explored as pedagogical tools to draw students out of the controlled settings of college campuses. Contributors to this issue examine the physical experience of city walking—determined by architecture, street signs, traffic lights, and each walker’s differently abled body—alongside the subtler class, racial, and historical markers that define who in city spaces is imagined to be respectable and who is dangerous.
Robin Autry is assistant professor of sociology at Wesleyan University. Daniel J. Walkowitz holds a joint appointment as professor of history and metropolitan studies in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis and Department of History at New York University. He is a coeditor of Contested Histories in Public Space: Memory, Race, and Nation and Memory and the Impact of Political Transformation in Public Space, both published by Duke University Press.
Contributors: Robyn Autry, Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani, Bruce Doran, Eva Giloi, Catherine Holmes, Ralph Kingston, Tess Lea, Francis Markham, Hillary Miller, Don Mitchell, Natalia Onyshchenko, Elihu Rubin, Anastasiya Ryabchuk, Barbara Schmucki, David Serlin, Jennifer Tucker, Heather Vrana, Daniel J. Walkowitz, Martin Young
Автор: Duchemin Michael Название: New Deal Cowboy: Gene Autry and Public Diplomacy ISBN: 080615392X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806153926 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 29220.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Best known to Americans as the ""singing cowboy,"" beloved entertainer Gene Autry (1907-1998) appeared in countless films, radio broadcasts, television shows, and other venues. While Autry's name and a few of his hit songs are still widely known today, his commitment to political causes and public diplomacy deserves greater appreciation. In this innovative examination of Autry's influence on public opinion, Michael Duchemin explores the various platforms this cowboy crooner used to support important causes, notably Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal and foreign policy initiatives leading up to World War II. As a prolific performer of western folk songs and country-western music, Autry gained popularity in the 1930s by developing a persona that appealed to rural, small-town, and newly urban fans. It was during this same time, Duchemin explains, that Autry threw his support behind the thirty-second president of the United States. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, Duchemin demonstrates how Autry popularized Roosevelt's New Deal policies and made them more attractive to the American public. In turn, the president used the emerging motion picture industry as an instrument of public diplomacy to enhance his policy agendas, which Autry's films, backed by Republic Pictures, unabashedly endorsed. As the United States inched toward entry into World War II, the president's focus shifted toward foreign policy. Autry responded by promoting Americanism, war preparedness, and friendly relations with Latin America. As a result, Duchemin argues, ""Sergeant Gene Autry"" played a unique role in making FDR's internationalist policies more palatable for American citizens reluctant to engage in another foreign war.New Deal Cowboy enhances our understanding of Gene Autry as a western folk hero who, during critical times of economic recovery and international crisis, readily assumed the role of public diplomat, skillfully using his talents to persuade a marginalized populace to embrace a nationalist agenda. By drawing connections between western popular culture and American political history, the book also offers valuable insight concerning the development of leisure and western tourism, the information industry, public diplomacy, and foreign policy in twentieth-century America.
Автор: Autry James A. Название: On Paying Attention: New and Selected Poems ISBN: 0991574435 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780991574438 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 20980.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
