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- catalog abstract ""Suddenly Robert Johnson is everywhere. Though the Mississippi bluesman died young and recorded only twenty-nine songs, the legacy, legend, and lore surrounding him continue to grow. Focusing on these developments, Patricia R. Schroeder's Robert Johnson, Mythmaking, and Contemporary American Culture breaks new ground in Johnson scholarship, going beyond simple or speculative biography to explore him in his larger role as a contemporary cultural icon." "Part literary analysis, part cultural criticism, and part biographical study, Robert Johnson, Mythmaking, and Contemporary American Culture shows the Robert Johnson of today to be less a two-dimensional character fixed by the few known facts of his life than a dynamic and contested set of ideas.". "Represented in novels, in plays, and even on a postage stamp, he provides inspiration for "highbrow" cultural artifacts - such as poems - as well as Hollywood movies and T-shirts. Schroeder's detailed and scholarly analysis directly engages key images and stories about Johnson (such as the Faustian crossroads exchange of his soul for guitar virtuosity), navigating the many competing interpretations that swirl around him to reveal the cultural purposes these stories and their tellers serve." "Robert Johnson, Mythmaking, and Contemporary American Culture is essential reading for cultural critics and blues fans alike."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b13313592.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Represented in novels, in plays, and even on a postage stamp, he provides inspiration for "highbrow" cultural artifacts - such as poems - as well as Hollywood movies and T-shirts. Schroeder's detailed and scholarly analysis directly engages key images and stories about Johnson (such as the Faustian crossroads exchange of his soul for guitar virtuosity), navigating the many competing interpretations that swirl around him to reveal the cultural purposes these stories and their tellers serve." "Robert Johnson, Mythmaking, and Contemporary American Culture is essential reading for cultural critics and blues fans alike."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description ""Suddenly Robert Johnson is everywhere. Though the Mississippi bluesman died young and recorded only twenty-nine songs, the legacy, legend, and lore surrounding him continue to grow. Focusing on these developments, Patricia R. Schroeder's Robert Johnson, Mythmaking, and Contemporary American Culture breaks new ground in Johnson scholarship, going beyond simple or speculative biography to explore him in his larger role as a contemporary cultural icon." "Part literary analysis, part cultural criticism, and part biographical study, Robert Johnson, Mythmaking, and Contemporary American Culture shows the Robert Johnson of today to be less a two-dimensional character fixed by the few known facts of his life than a dynamic and contested set of ideas.".".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-183) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: mythologies of Robert Johnson -- Robert Johnson as contested space -- The invention of the past -- The paradox of authenticity -- The new cultural politics of difference -- Virtual Robert Johnson -- Conclusion: Robert Johnson, a strange attractor.".
- catalog extent "x, 192 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0252029151 (cl. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Music in American life".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
- catalog subject "782.421643/092 22".
- catalog subject "Blues (Music) History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Blues (Music) Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Johnson, Robert, -1938 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Johnson, Robert, 1911-1938 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "ML420.J735 S37 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: mythologies of Robert Johnson -- Robert Johnson as contested space -- The invention of the past -- The paradox of authenticity -- The new cultural politics of difference -- Virtual Robert Johnson -- Conclusion: Robert Johnson, a strange attractor.".
- catalog title "Robert Johnson, mythmaking, and contemporary American culture / Patricia R. Schroeder.".
- catalog type "text".