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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162834503321

Autore

Cuffaro Daniele

Titolo

American Myths in Post-9/11 Music

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco : , : Sparkling Books Limited, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-907230-33-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (78 pages)

Disciplina

780

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- American Myths in Post-9/11 Music -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE - MYTHS AND HEROES -- I. The Mythical Function of the World Trade Center -- II. Myths Belonging to American Cultural History -- III. Firefighters: The Heroes of 9/11 -- PART TWO - POST-9/11 COUNTRY MUSIC -- I. Historical Survey: -- How Country Music Became the Authentic Sound of the U.S.A. -- II. Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)": Ordinariness is Shattered -- III. Toby Keith, Charlie Daniels, and Darryl Worley: Traditional Symbols and Vengeful Feelings -- IV. Steve Earle's "John Walker's Blues": -- Traditional America from the Eyes of the "American Taliban" -- PART THREE - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: THE RISING -- I. The Rising: Glimpses of Confusion, Loss, Hope and Faith -- II. "The Rising" -- III. "Into the Fire" -- IV. "My City of Ruins" -- Conclusion -- Bibliography, references and further reading -- Discography -- Filmography -- Index -- Sparkling Books.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the collective memory and historical American myths such as, for example, the myth of the innocent nation and the frontier myth, and shows how some of these nationally considered historical truths have not disappeared, but were indeed exhumed in the music produced post-9/11.