Roy Orbison

Invention of an Alternative Rock Masculinity

Peter Lehman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2003
Temple University Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-59213-037-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Roy Orbison's music - whether heard in his own recordings or in cover versions of his songs - is a significant part of contemporary American culture despite the fact that he died almost a generation ago. This book looks at the long span of Orbison's career and probes into the uniqueness of his songs, singing, and performance style.

Autor

Peter Lehman is Director of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Program at Arizona State University. He is the author of Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body (Temple), and the editor of Masculinity Bodies/Movies/Culture.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments1. There Are Many Roy Orbisons2. Mystery Man: The Evolution of a Dark, Mysterious Persona3. "Radical Left Turns": The Voice and the Music4. In (and Out of) Dreams5. "Crawling Back": The Masochist Aesthetic6. In David Lynch's Dreams: Roy Orbison at the Movies7. "The Finest White Pop Singer on the Planet": "Oh, Pretty Woman," 2 Live Crew, and Discourses of Race8. Beyond the End: Roy Orbison's Posthumous Career and LegacyAppendix: Analysis of Songs and RecordingsNotesWorks CitedSong AcknowledgmentsIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.6.2003
• Reihe/Serie: Sound Matters
• Verlagsort: Philadelphia PA
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• ISBN-10: 1-59213-037-2 / 1592130372
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59213-037-5 / 9781592130375
• Zustand: Neuware