Shades of Springsteen

Politics, Love, Sports, and Masculinity
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-978816-16-9
Verlag: Rutgers University Press

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Although never having met Bruce Springsteen, connecting with the poet/rock star has been a seminal event in John Massaro's life. In Shades of Springsteen: Politics, Love, Sports, and Masculinity Massaro, SUNY Distinguished Teacher Professor of Politics, draws upon his years of research in preparing a college level course on Springsteen. He documents a truly mutual connection linking two related stories: Springsteen's and his own. That connection-shades of Springsteen, if you will-opened Massaro not only to Springsteen but also to a wider enriching world. Massaro fleshes out the connection by focusing on what Springsteen's lyrics can tell us about music, politics, love, sports, and masculinity. In this unique and far-ranging book, Massaro artfully and convincingly connects Springsteen's oeuvre to his own life but also to the lives of a diverse collection of other intriguing characters, fictional and real, including Richard Nixon, Alexander Hamilton, George Carlin, The Great Gatsby, Caravaggio, Mao Tse-tung, Carl Jung, J.Edgar Hoover, Mohamed Atta, J.D. Salinger and Holden Caulfield.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Massaro, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Volksmusik

Über Autor(innen)

John Massaro writes about politics and popular culture. He is State University of New York (SUNY) Distinguished Teaching Professor of Politics, presently retired and living in Wells, Maine. He has previously published Supremely Political: The Role of Ideology and Presidential Management in Unsuccessful Supreme Court Nominations.