LEADER 03485nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910824230603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-26321-8 010 $a9786612263217 010 $a0-253-00317-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000804025 035 $a(OCoLC)640380219 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10326338 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000300862 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11253367 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000300862 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10259833 035 $a(PQKB)10112940 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC455791 035 $a(OCoLC)456376592 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16955 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL455791 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10326338 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL226321 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000804025 100 $a20080728d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJohnny Cash and the paradox of American identity /$fLeigh H. Edwards 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 225 1 $aProfiles in popular music 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-253-22061-0 311 $a0-253-35292-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [215]-225) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : Cash as contradiction -- "What is truth?" : authenticity and persona -- "A boy named Sue" : American manhood -- Gender and "the beast in me" : ramblers and rockabillies authenticity and persona -- Race and identity politics -- Man in black : class and national mythologies -- The gospel road : Cash as saint and sinner -- Conclusion : "God's gonna cut you down" : cultural legacies. 330 $aThroughout his career, Johnny Cash has been depicted -- and has depicted himself -- as a walking contradiction: social protestor and establishment patriot, drugged wildman and devout Christian crusader, rebel outlaw hillbilly thug and elder statesman. Leigh H. Edwards explores the allure of this paradoxical image and its cultural significance. She argues that Cash embodies irresolvable contradictions of American identity that reflect foundational issues in the American experience, such as the tensions between freedom and patriotism, individual rights and nationalism, the sacred and the profane. She illustrates how this model of ambivalence is a vital paradigm for American popular music, and for American identity in general. Making use of sources such as Cash's autobiographies, lyrics, music, liner notes, and interviews, Edwards pays equal attention to depictions of Cash by others, such as Vivian Cash's publication of his letters to her, documentaries and music journalism about him, Walk the Line, and fan club materials found in the archives at the Country Music Foundation in Nashville, to create a full portrait of Cash and his significance as a cultural icon. 410 0$aProfiles in popular music. 606 $aCountry music$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCountry musicians$zUnited States 615 0$aCountry music$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCountry musicians 676 $a781.642092 700 $aEdwards$b Leigh H.$f1970-$01654235 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824230603321 996 $aJohnny Cash and the paradox of American identity$94005942 997 $aUNINA