Dead Elvis

A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsession

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Greil Marcus

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Paperback / softback

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In life, Elvis Presley went from childhood poverty to stardom, from world fame to dissipation and early death. As Greil Marcus shows in this remarkable book, Presley's journey after death takes him even further, pushing him beyond his own frontiers to merge with the American public consciousness-and the American subconscious. As he listens in on the public conversation that recreates Elvis after death, Marcus tracks the path of Presley's resurrection. He grafts together scattered fragments of the eclectic dialogue-snatches of movies and music, books and newspapers, photographs, posters, cartoons-and amazes us with not only what America has been saying as it raises its late king, but also what this strange obsession with a dead Elvis can tell us about America itself.

Author Biography:

Greil Marcus is the author of The Doors, Mystery Train, and other books.

Release date Australia

March 15th, 1999

Author

Greil Marcus

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

54 halftones, 5 fineline illustrations

Pages

288

Dimensions

170x249x14

ISBN-13

9780674194229

Product ID

3941703

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