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Frank Sinatra and popular culture : essays on an American icon / edited by Leonard Mustazza.
| Other author | Mustazza, Leonard, 1952- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Westport, CT : Praeger, 1998. |
| Description | xv, 311 pages : 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / Leonard Mustazza -- What's this about races? / Frank Sinatra -- Love in the western world: Sinatra and the conflict of generations / T.H. Adamowski -- Swinger and the loser: Sinatra, masculinity, and fifties culture / Roger Gilbert -- Bobby sox and blue suede shoes: Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley as teen idols / James F. Smith -- Composition of celebrity: Sinatra as text in the liner notes of Stan Cornyn / Gilbert L. Gigliotti -- Sinatra's fans: discussion in three tenses, the past, the present, and the future / Ken Hutchins -- Sinatra: psychiatric musings / Lloyd L. Spencer -- Listening to Frank Sinatra / Gerald Early -- At the heart of American music / Daniel Okrent -- Frank Sinatra and the art of recording / Charles L. Granata -- Sinatra on Broadway / Philip Furia -- Sinatra and jazz / Will Friedwald -- Frank Sinatra and the great American style / Richard Iaconelli -- Theology and music in a different key: meditations on Frank Sinatra and eros in a fallen world / Edmund N. Santurri -- Eye witness / Stan Cornyn -- Sinatra and the Atlantic City connection / Richard Apt -- Kid in line who made it backstage / Bill Boggs -- Sounds of Sinatra: a conversation with Sid Mark / Charles L. Granata. |
| Abstract | Frank Sinatra's influence on American popular culture has been wide reaching and long lasting. This diverse collection of essays written by historians, music critics, and popular culture personalities offers a myriad of perspectives and commentaries on this multitalented legend. Written to appeal to Sinatra fans, these unique essays, including one by Frank Sinatra himself, will provide new material for the ever-growing dialogue about Frank Sinatra's place in and influence over twentieth-century American popular culture. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-292) and index. |
| LCCN | 98023933 |
| ISBN | 0275964957 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0313304661 (alk. paper) |