When Elvis DiedMacmillan, 1992 - 304 páginas "When Elvis Died" is one of the very few books to address the Elvis phenomenon with both intelligence and insight while avoiding the pretention and adulatory bombast that so often plague rock criticism. It tells, with neither condescension nor fanfare, how the story of Elvis's death shocked the nation and changed forever our society's perception and appreciation of popular culture. |
Contenido
introduction | 1 |
Emergency at Graceland | 5 |
The Word Goes Out | 10 |
Airwaves of Grief | 22 |
Front Page | 32 |
LateNight Reflections | 51 |
Gathering in Memphis | 66 |
The Tears of August | 77 |
The President Himself | 139 |
The World Joins In | 146 |
The Special Case of Britain | 167 |
Seeking the Image | 184 |
Buying A Memory | 195 |
Epilogue | 214 |
Selected Editorials | 232 |
Sources and Notes | 270 |
The Final Farewell | 93 |
Roots of the Legend | 100 |
Interpreting the Myth | 126 |
Elvis Bibliography | 288 |
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