Creepy Crawling (eBook)

Charles Manson and the Many Lives of America's Most Infamous Family

Jeffrey Melnick (Autor)

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2018
352 Seiten
Arcade Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-62872-894-1 (ISBN)

Infos

A Fascinating New Look at America's Favorite Family

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"e;Creepy crawling"e; was the Manson Family's practice of secretly entering someone's home and, without harming anyone, leaving only a trace of evidence that they had been there, some reminder that the sanctity of the private home had been breached. Now, author Jeffrey Melnick reveals just how much the Family creepy crawled their way through Los Angeles in the sixties and then on through American social, political, and cultural life for close to fifty years, firmly lodging themselves in our minds. Even now, it is almost impossible to discuss the sixties, teenage runaways, sexuality, drugs, music, California, and even the concept of family without referencing Manson and his "e;girls."e; Not just another history of Charles Manson, Creepy Crawling explores how the Family weren't so much outsiders but emblematic of the Los Angeles counterculture freak scene, and how Manson worked to connect himself to the mainstream of the time. Ever since they spent two nights killing seven residents of Los Angeleswhat we now know as the "e;Tate-LaBianca murders"e;the Manson family has rarely slipped from the American radar for long. From Emma Cline's The Girls to the recent TV show Aquarius, the family continues to find an audience. What is it about Charles Manson and his family that captivates us still? Author Jeffrey Melnick sets out to answer this question in this fascinating and compulsively readable cultural history of the Family and their influence from 1969 to the present.

Autor

Jeffrey Melnick has been thinking about the Manson Family since first encountering the book and mini-series Helter Skelter in the 1970s. Melnick is a professor at University of Massachusetts Boston and the author of 9/11 Culture: America Under Construction (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), Black-Jewish Relations on Trial (University Press of Mississippi, 2000), and A Right to Sing the Blues (Harvard University Press, 1999). He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.7.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1960s • 1970s • Abigail Folger • Akrobatik • Altamont • Aquarius • ATWA • Banksy • Barker Ranch • Beach Boys • Benedict Canyon • Bernard “Lotsapoppa” Crowe • Billy Jack • Black Flag • Black Panthers • Bobby Beausoleil • California • Catherine Share • “Cease to Exist” • Charles Manson • Chinatown • Cielo Drive • Commune • Counterculture • creepy crawling • cult leader • Dean Corrll • Death Valley • Dennis Hopper • Dennis Wilson • dune buggy • Ed Sanders • emma cline • Erik Forrest Jackson • Frank Zappa • Freaks • Go Ask Alice • Gregg Jakobson • Groupies • Guru • Helter Skleter • Helter Stupid • Hippies • Hollywood • horror movies • Irving Kanarek • Jay Sebring • Joachim Koester • Joan Didion • John Waters • Joni Mitchell • Kim Fowley • LAPD • Laurel Canyon • Leno LaBianca • Leslie Van Houten • Linda Kasabian • Los Angeles • Los Angeles Free Press • LSD • Lyman Family • Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme • Manson Family • Manson Girls • Mel Lyman • Milos Forman:Last House on the Left • murder trial • Negativland • Neil Young • New Journalism • N.W.A. • Ouisch • Patricia Krenwinkel • Paul Fitzgerald • Paul Krassner • Paul Watkins • race war • Raymond Pettibon • Revolution 9 • ”Revolution Blues” • Richard Schechner • Rolling Stone • Roman Polanski • Roman Polasnki • Ronald Hughes • Rosemary LaBianca • Runaways • serial killers • Shampoo • Sharon Tate • Sonic Youth • Source Family • Spahn Ranch • Steve Parent • Sunset Boulevard • Susan Atkins • Taking Off • Tate-LaBianca Murders • Terry Melcher • Texas Chainsaw Massacre • Tex Watson • the Avatar • theBeatles • the Diggers • The Pixies • The Rolling Stones • Thomas Pynchon • Tobe Hooper • Trial • True Crime • Truman Capote • vincent bugliosi • Voytek Frykowski • warren beatty • Wes Craven • White album • William Calley • Woodstock
• ISBN-10: 1-62872-894-9 / 1628728949
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62872-894-1 / 9781628728941