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In Search of Elvis by International Conference on Elvis Presley 1995 University of Mississi (1997, Hardcover) 
In Search of Elvis by International Conference on Elvis Presley 1995 University of Mississi (1997, Hardcover)
Publisher: Westview Pr
Publication Date: 1997-01-09
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0813329868
ISBN-13: 9780813329864
Product ID: EPID957141
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Publication Date:1997-01-09
Editor:Vernon Chadwick

Size
Length:294 pages
Height:9.5 in
Width:6.5 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:22.4 oz

Publisher's Note
Richly illustrated with many never-before-seen photographs, this daring and groundbreaking academic analysis pulls together the best and brightest essays surrounding the cultural, social, political, and iconographic figure of the king of rock and roll.

The International Conference on Elvis Presley, convened at the University of Mississippi, transformed a rock and roll icon into a scholarly phenomenon. Educators, artists, and Elvis aficionados from across the world - plus over one hundred internationally based reporters - collected on Oxford, Mississippi, soil to analyze and celebrate Elvis's impact on the world stage. From this conference, which became front page New York Times Magazine news, springs this book, the best and brightest essays and artwork swirling around the cultural, social, political, and iconographic figure of Elvis Presley. Taken together, In Search of Elvis represents a daring and groundbreaking academic analysis. Richly illustrated with original Elvis-inspired artwork, this book captures the subterranean essence of one of the most phenomenal artists to have ever lived.

Industry Reviews
"The scholar's Elvis has more in common with the one the fans cry out to: the Healing Elvis. This is Elvis as racial integrator, as gender-liberating sexual healer. The Multicultural Elvis is an even grander figure than the one the fans conceive of--an Elvis who heals not just personal pain in individual souls but painful rifts in the nation's soul, rifts not only between black and white but between sex and spirituality."
New York Times Book Review - Ron Rosenbaum

"A bold attempt to stretch the traditional boundaries of what it matters to know."
Los Angeles Times - Amy Wallace

"Good news for Elvoids! The latest entry for the discriminating worshiper rises from the academic conference and consists of essays reflecting the range of academic inquiry about the Kind. Lavishly illustrated and featuring a cornucopia of documentation in the 35 pages of endnotes, this may be the perfect jumping-off point for research in the King's life and larger-than-life impact."
Booklist - Mike Tribby

"Probes the bizarre synapses of the American psyche."
Wallace

Any with an interest in Elvis trivia or information will find this a fun folk consideration which includes essays and facts on the music, art, and other manifestations of Elvis Presley. This packs in facts about the musician and adds a cultural/social flair lacking in musical guides to the artist.
Oakes

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