Elvis + Marilyn : 2 x immortal / edited by Geri DePaoli ; conceptual organization, Geri DePaoli, Wendy McDaris.

Other author DePaoli, Geri.
Other author McDaris, Wendy.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Rizzoli International publications, 1994.
Description170 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Subjects

Portion of title Elvis plus Marilyn
Portion of title Elvis and Marilyn
Contents Foreword / David Halberstam -- Commentary / Thomas McEvilley -- Editors' Statement / Geri DePaoli and Wendy McDaris -- Elvis: American David / Bono of U2 -- Elvis + Marilyn: 2 x Immortal / Wendy McDaris -- Marilyn, We Hardly Knew You / Kate Millett -- Elvis Presley: Character and Charisma / Bruce Heller and Alan C. Elms -- Mediating Marilyn: Richard Hamilton's My Marilyn / Richard Martin -- Act of Signifyin(g) in Popular Music: Elvis Presley as a Cultural Bridge / John D. Baskerville -- God and Goddess of the Written Word / Lucinda Ebersole -- Graceland as Locus Sanctus / Gary Vikan.
Abstract A visual & conceptual consideration of two American icons, Elvis Presley & Marilyn Monroe. The book is the companion volume to an academic conference entitled Icons of Popular Culture: Elvis & Marilyn . Portraits of Elvis & Marilyn are among the world s most famous images. The essays in this anthology address the issue of a proclamation of a new faith in a time -- defined by some as postmodern -- which is a time of transition. The works of art reproduced in this book, representing a variety of media, are about Elvis & Marilyn but they are also about a new way of seeing, one that challenges the current holdover of a 19th-century visual language.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 94005347
ISBN0847818403

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Music Remote Storage- Ask at Circulation Desk ML88.P76 E5 1994 ✔ Available Place Hold