Going my way : Bing Crosby and American culture / edited by Ruth Prigozy and Walter Raubicheck
Utgivning: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2007Beskrivning: 288 s. : illISBN:- 978-1-58046-261-7
- 780.92 22 (machine generated)
- Ijz Crosby, Bing
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Introduction. Bing Crosby : nothing is what it seems / Gary Giddins -- Theoretical perspectives on Crosby. Analogies of ignorance in Going my way / David E. White. Going my way? : Crosby and Catholicism on the road to America / Eric Michael Mazur. Bing in blackface : the minstrel tradition in Bing Crosby's musical and cinematic career / Kathryn T. Nicholson. Saint Bing : apatheia, masculine desire, and the films of Bing Crosby / Elaine Anderson Phillips. Bing on a binge : casting-against-type in The country girl / Linda A. Robinson -- Cultural perspectives on Crosby. Bing Crosby, rock 'n' roll godfather / John Mark Dempsey. American archetypes : how Crosby and Hope became Hollywood's greatest comedy team / Walter Raubicheck. Crosby at Paramount : from crooner to actor / Bernard F. Dick. Bing Crosby, Walt Disney, and Ichabod Crane / Thomas Inge. A couple of song and dance men : Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire / Jeanne Fuchs. Rivalries : the mutual mentoring of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra / Samuel L. Chell. From crooner to American icon : caricatures of Bing Crosby in American cartoons from the 1930s to the 1950s / Stephen C. Shafer -- Historical perspectives on Crosby. Not just "the crooner" : Bing Crosby's research and business endeavors in World War II / Deborah Dolan. Bing's entertainment and war bond sales activities during World War II / Malcolm Macfarlane. Bing Crosby's magnetic tape revolution / Martin McQuade and Pete Hammar. The Bing Crosby fan clubs / F.B. (Wig) Wiggins -- Conclusion : Bing Crosby, architect of twentieth-century style / Will Friedwald -- Personal comments. Sing Bing sing / Kathryn Crosby. Thoughts on relationships : father, son, grandson / Steven Crosby. The real Bing Crosby/ Ken Barnes.
The first serious study of the singer/actor's art and of his centrality to the history of twentieth-century popular music, film, and the entertainment industry. The volume uses a wide range of scholarly and cultural perspectives to explore Crosby's unique and lasting achievements. In addition to studying Bing Crosby's innovations and achievements as a recording artist, Going My Way explores his accomplishments as an actor, businessman, and radio and television performer