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100 1 $aSchroeder, Patricia R.,$d1951-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87116347
245 10 $aRobert Johnson, mythmaking, and contemporary American culture /$cPatricia R. Schroeder.
260 $aUrbana :$bUniversity of Illinois Press,$c[2004], ©2004.
300 $ax, 192 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aMusic in American life
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [165]-183) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction : mythologies of Robert Johnson -- $g1.$tRobert Johnson as contested space -- $g2.$tThe invention of the past -- $g3.$tThe paradox of authenticity -- $g4.$tThe new cultural politics of difference -- $g5.$tVirtual Robert Johnson -- $tConclusion : Robert Johnson, a strange attractor.
520 1 $a"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.
600 10 $aJohnson, Robert,$d1911-1938$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aBlues (Music)$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aBlues (Music)$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007102064
830 0 $aMusic in American life.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42017239
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip048/2003020027.html
852 00 $bmus$hML420.J735$iS37 2004